Clog

Quick meaning: Clog is a noun meaning A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

Meaning

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

More Meanings

1. A blockage.
2. (UK, colloquial) A shoe of any type.
3. A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.
4. That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.
5. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
6. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
7. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

Example Sentences

Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.

The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.

I let him in this morning. He lost one of his clogs.

A clog of lead was round my feet / A band of pain across my brow;

Word Forms

• clogs
• clogging
• clogged

Synonyms for clog

Depending on context, synonyms include foul, back up, choke, clot, overload, congest.

Antonyms for clog

Common opposites include unworldly, unclog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include patten, geta, congest, clot, choke, back up.

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