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Meaning of clog

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  clog
      n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {clog}, {geta},
           {patten}, {sabot}]
      2: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
      3: a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has
         heavy stamping steps [syn: {clog dance}, {clog dancing},
         {clog}]
      v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
           drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
           {clog}, {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest},
           {choke}, {foul}] [ant: {unclog}]
      2: dance a clog dance
      3: impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses
         were clogged until they were tamed"
      4: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is being
         clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today"
         [syn: {clog}, {constipate}]
      5: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: {clog},
         {clot}]
      6: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged
         her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
         [syn: {clog}, {overload}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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