clog
To block or slow passage throughTo block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
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» The street is clogged with traffic.
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Examples
98 sentencesThe street is clogged with traffic.
I think the chimney is clogged.
If the drain clogs up, use this.
Meaning
5 sensesTo block or slow passage through (often with 'up').
Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
The roads are clogged up with traffic.
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забива́тьzabivátʹ, заби́тьzabítʹ, засоря́тьzasorjátʹ
(intransitive)To perform a clog dance.
dance a clog dance
To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.
impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
More meanings 2
To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
To enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.
Origin
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impUnknown; 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.
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Forms
clogs, clogging, clogged, cloggedTenses
clog · clogged · will clog · have cloggedSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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