The neighbors clogged the creek with their brush and leaves.
•Please don't clog the drain with garbage.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
clog — 1 verb also clog up (I, T) if something clogs a road, pipe etc, or a road or a pipe clogs, it gradually becomes blocked and no longer works properly: Don t put potato peelings down the drain, they ll clog up the pipe. | clog sth with: The roads… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
clog up — PHR V ERG When something clogs up a place, or when it clogs up, it becomes blocked so that little or nothing can pass through. [V P n (not pron)] 22,000 tourists were clogging up the pavements... [V P] The result is that the lungs clog up with a… … English dictionary
Clog — Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clogged} (kl[o^]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Clogging}.] 1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper. [1913 Webster] The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. Dryden. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clog — I UK [klɒɡ] / US [klɑɡ] verb Word forms clog : present tense I/you/we/they clog he/she/it clogs present participle clogging past tense clogged past participle clogged 1) [intransitive/transitive] to block something such as a pipe, tube, or… … English dictionary
clog — clog1 [klɔg US kla:g] v also clog up past tense and past participle clogged present participle clogging [I and T] [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: clog to prevent an animal from moving by tying a wooden block to it (14 19 centuries), from clog (noun);… … Dictionary of contemporary English
clog — clog1 [ klag ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to block something such as a pipe, tube, or passage, or to become blocked, so that nothing can get through: The drain s clogged again. be clogged with something: The streams are clogged with ice … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
clog — I. noun Etymology: Middle English clogge short thick piece of wood Date: 14th century 1. a. a weight attached especially to an animal to hinder motion b. something that shackles or impedes ; encumbrance 1 2. a shoe, sandal, or overshoe having a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
clog — [[t]klɒ̱g[/t]] clogs, clogging, clogged 1) VERB When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through. [V n] Dirt clogs the pores, causing spots... [V n] The traffic clogged the Thames bridges. Syn: block … English dictionary
gunge something up — clog something with gunge. → gunge … English new terms dictionary
gum something up — CLOG (UP), choke (up), stop up, plug; obstruct; informal bung up; Brit. informal gunge up; technical occlude. → … Useful english dictionary
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