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clogged
(adjective) loaded with something that hinders motion; “The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow”-Dryden
choked, clogged
(adjective) stopped up; clogged up; “clogged pipes”; “clogged up freeways”; “streets choked with traffic”
clogged, clotted
(adjective) thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); “clotted blood”; “seeds clogged together”
clog, overload
(verb) fill to excess so that function is impaired; “Fear clogged her mind”; “The story was clogged with too many details”
clog, clot
(verb) coalesce or unite in a mass; “Blood clots”
clog, constipate
(verb) impede with a clog or as if with a clog; “The market is being clogged by these operations”; “My mind is constipated today”
clog
(verb) impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; “horses were clogged until they were tamed”
clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
(verb) become or cause to become obstructed; “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”; “The water pipe is backed up”
clog
(verb) dance a clog dance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clogged
simple past tense and past participle of clog
clogged
Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
• coggled
Source: Wiktionary
Clog, n. Etym: [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. 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.
– Clog dancer.
Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Clogging.]
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. 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.
Syn.
– Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.
Clog, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 April 2025
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.