| VERB | contact | clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul | become or cause to become obstructed |
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| creation | clog | dance a clog dance | |
| contact | clog | impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden | |
| change | clog, constipate | impede with a clog or as if with a clog | |
| change | clog, clot | coalesce or unite in a mass | |
| change | clog, overload | fill to excess so that function is impaired | |
| NOUN | artifact | clog, geta, patten, sabot | footwear usually with wooden soles |
| artifact | clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction | |
| act | clog, clog dance, clog dancing | a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles |
| Sounds | klaa'g | |
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| Rhymes | agog ... Tagalog: 21 rhymes with aag... | |
| Meaning | footwear usually with wooden soles. | |
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| Synonyms | geta, patten, sabot | |
| Broader | footwear, footgear | covering for a person's feet |
| Spanish | almadreña, chanclo, galocha, geta, sabot, zueco | |
| Catalan | esclop, geta | |
| Meaning | Any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. | |
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| Broader | hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference | Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome |
| Verbs | clog | fill to excess so that function is impaired |
| clog | become or cause to become obstructed | |
| Meaning | A dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps. | |
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| Synonyms | clog dance, clog dancing | |
| Broader | tap dancing, tap dance | A dance step tapped out audibly with the feet |
| Spanish | obstrucción | |
| Verbs | clog | dance a clog dance |
| Meaning | Become or cause to become obstructed. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall" | |
| Synonyms | choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul | |
| Narrower | crap up | Become obstructed or chocked up |
| gum up | stick together as if with gum | |
| silt up, silt | Become chocked with silt | |
| stuff, lug, choke up, block | obstruct | |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
| Opposite | unclog | Become or cause to become unobstructed |
| Spanish | asfixiar, atascar, atorar, atrancar, congestionar, empantanar, obstruir | |
| Catalan | asfixiar, embussar-se, embussar, empantanar, empantanegar-se, encallar-se, encallar, enfangar, obstruir, tapar-se | |
| Nouns | clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
| Meaning | dance a clog dance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue clog | |
| Category | dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music |
| Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
| Spanish | bailar con zuecos | |
| Nouns | clog | a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles |
| Meaning | impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "horses were clogged until they were tamed" | |
| Broader | restrain, encumber, cumber | hold back |
| Spanish | atascar, obstruir | |
| Meaning | impede with a clog or as if with a clog. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The market is being clogged by these operations" | |
| Synonym | constipate | |
| Broader | slow, slow down, slow up | Cause to proceed more slowly |
| Spanish | atascarse, atascar, embotar, obstruir | |
| Catalan | obstruir | |
| Meaning | coalesce or unite in a mass. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | clot | |
| Broader | coalesce | fuse or cause to grow together |
| Spanish | coagular, cuajar | |
| Catalan | coagular, quallar | |
| Meaning | Fill to excess so that function is impaired. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Synonym | overload | |
| Broader | fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense |
| Catalan | sobrecarregar | |
| Nouns | clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction |
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