clog

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden

   horses were clogged until they were tamed

2. 2
   verb

   to become or cause to become obstructed

   The leaves clog our drains in the fall.

3. 3
   verb

   to dance a clog dance

   I clog at festivals to the great amusement of my friends.

4. 4
   verb

   to fill to excess so that function is impaired

   Fear clogged my mind before I started meditation.

5. 5
   verb

   to impede with a clog or as if with a clog

   The market is being clogged by these operations

6. 6
   noun

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

   Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.

7. 7
   noun

   A blockage.

   The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.

8. 8
   noun

   A shoe of any type.

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

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.