Clog

n.	1.	That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind. All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. - Burke.
	2.	A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion. As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog. - Hudibras. A clog of lead was round my feet. - Tennyson.
	3.	A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine. In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. - Harvey. Clog almanac a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; - called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. Clog dance a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes.
v. t.	1.	To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. [imp. & p. p. Clogged (klǒgd); p. pr. & vb. n. Clogging.] The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. - Dryden.
	2.	To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
	3.	To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. The commodities are clogged with impositions. - Addison. You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter. In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. - S. Sharp.
	2.	To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. - Evelyn.

Noun	1.	clog - footwear usually with wooden soles Synonyms: geta, patten, sabot
	2.	clog - any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
	3.	clog - a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping steps Synonyms: clog dance, clog dancing
Verb	1.	clog - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" Synonyms: clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke Antonyms: unclog - become or cause to become unobstructed; "The chemical that we poured down the drain unclogged it"
	2.	clog - dance a clog dance
	3.	clog - impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
	4.	clog - impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" Synonyms: constipate
	5.	clog - coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" Synonyms: clot
	6.	clog - fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" Synonyms: overload

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