Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
CLOGGED
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
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
Verb
clogged
simple past tense and past participle of clog
Adjective
clogged
Having an obstructed flow; blocked.
Anagrams
• coggled
Source: Wiktionary
CLOG
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
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