[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clog \clog\ klo^g, n. oe. clogge clog, scot. clag, n., a
   clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything
   adhesive; prob. of the same origin as e. clay.
   1. that which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an
      encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   2. a weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or
      an animal to hinder motion.
      1913 webster

            as a dog . . . but chance breaks loose,
            and quits his clog.                   --hudibras.
      1913 webster

            a clog of lead was round my feet.     --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            in france the peasantry goes barefoot; and the
            middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs.
                                                  --harvey.
      1913 webster

   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.

   clog dancer.
      1913 webster
see also:
chopine clog almanac runic staff clog dance clog dancer 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clog \clog\, v. t. imp.  p. p. clogged klo^gd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. clogging.
   1. to encumber or load, especially with something that
      impedes motion; to hamper.
      1913 webster

            the winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
      up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
      1913 webster

   3. to burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
      1913 webster

            the commodities are clogged with impositions.
                                                  --addison.
      1913 webster

            you 'll rue the time
            that clogs me with this answer.       --shak.

   syn: impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
        restrict.
        1913 webster
see also:
clogged clogging 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clog \clog\, v. i.
   1. to become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with
      extraneous matter.
      1913 webster

            in working through the bone, the teeth of the saw
            will begin to clog.                   --s. sharp.
      1913 webster

   2. to coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.
      1913 webster

            move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog
            not together.                         --evelyn.
      1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clog
     n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles syn: geta, patten, sabot
     2: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
     3: a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping
        steps syn: clog dance, clog dancing
     v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "the leaves clog our
          drains in the fall"; "the water pipe is backed up" syn:
           choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke,
          foul ant: unclog
     2: dance a clog dance
     3: impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses
        were clogged until they were tamed"
     4: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "the market is
        being clogged by these operations"; "my mind is
        constipated today" syn: constipate
     5: coalesce or unite in a mass; "blood clots" syn: clot
     6: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "fear clogged
        her mind"; "the story was clogged with too many details"
        syn: overload
     also: clogging, clogged
see also:
geta patten sabot clog dance clog dancing choke off 
clog up back up congest choke foul 
unclog constipate clot overload clogging 
clogged 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

109 moby thesaurus words for "clog":
   arrest, bar, barrier, bearing rein, bind, bit, blank wall,
   blind alley, blind gut, block, block up, blockade, blockage,
   bottleneck, brake, bung, caulk, cecum, chain, check, checkrein,
   chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, choking, choking off,
   clog up, congest, congestion, constipate, constipation, cork,
   costiveness, countercheck, cover, cul-de-sac, curb, curb bit, dam,
   dam up, damper, dance, dead end, doorstop, drag, drag sail,
   drift anchor, drift sail, drogue, embolism, embolus, encumber,
   fetter, fill, fill up, foot, foul, fox-trot, gorge, hamper,
   holdback, hoof, hop, impasse, impede, impediment, infarct,
   infarction, jam, martingale, obstacle, obstipate, obstipation,
   obstruct, obstruction, pack, pelham, plug, plug up, prance, remora,
   scotch, sea anchor, sealing off, shackle, shake, shimmy, shuffle,
   skip, snaffle, spile, spoke, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up,
   stoppage, stopper, stopple, strangulation, stuff, stuff up,
   tap-dance, trammel, trip, waltz

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