clog

Noun
  1. Footwear usually with wooden soles (synset 103051675)
    is a type of: footgear, footwear - covering for a person's feet
    same as: geta, patten, sabot
  2. Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction (synset 103051538)
    is a type of: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive - any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
  3. A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles;
    Has heavy stamping steps (synset 100531245)
    is a type of: tap dance, tap dancing - a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet
    same as: clog dance, clog dancing
Verb
  1. Become or cause to become obstructed (synset 201481233)
    "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"
    is a type of: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude - block passage through
    subtypes:
    same as: back up, choke, choke off, clog up, congest, foul
  2. Dance a clog dance (synset 201713790)
    referred to in: dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
    is a type of: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe - move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
  3. Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden (synset 201303864)
    "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
    is a type of: cumber, encumber, restrain - restrict (someone or something) so as to make free movement difficult
  4. Impede with a clog or as if with a clog (synset 200441962)
    "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
    is a type of: slow, slow down, slow up - cause to proceed more slowly
    same as: constipate
  5. Coalesce or unite in a mass (synset 200369020)
    "Blood clots"
    is a type of: coalesce - fuse or cause to grow together
    same as: clot
  6. Fill to excess so that function is impaired (synset 200182182)
    "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
    is a type of: fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense
    same as: overload

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