CLOG - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Verb

become or cause to become obstructed

Example: The leaves clog our drains in the Fall; The water pipe is backed up

Categories: Obstruct, Obturate, Impede, Occlude, Jam, Block, Close up

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Verb

dance a clog dance

Categories: Dance, Trip the light fantastic, Trip the light fantastic toe

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Verb

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

Example: horses were clogged until they were tamed

Categories: Restrain, Encumber, Cumber, Constrain

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

impede with a clog or as if with a clog

Example: The market is being clogged by these operations; My mind is constipated today

Categories: Slow, Slow down, Slow up

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

coalesce or unite in a mass

Example: Blood clots

Categories: Coalesce

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

fill to excess so that function is impaired

Example: Fear clogged her mind; The story was clogged with too many details

Categories: Fill, Fill up, Make full