clog

Meanings

• footwear usually with wooden soles
• any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
• a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps
• become or cause to become obstructed
  • "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"
• dance a clog dance
• impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
  • "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
• impede with a clog or as if with a clog
  • "The market is being clogged by these operations"
• coalesce or unite in a mass
• fill to excess so that function is impaired
  • "Fear clogged her mind"
  • "The story was clogged with too many details"

Synonyms

back up, choke, choke off, clog dance, clog dancing, clog up, clot, congest, constipate, foul, geta, overload, patten, sabot