clog
verb/klɒɡ/
/klɔːɡ/
[transitive, often passive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clog | /klɒɡ/ /klɔːɡ/ |
| he / she / it clogs | /klɒɡz/ /klɔːɡz/ |
| past simple clogged | /klɒɡd/ /klɔːɡd/ |
| past participle clogged | /klɒɡd/ /klɔːɡd/ |
| -ing form clogging | /ˈklɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈklɔːɡɪŋ/ |
- to block something or to become blocked
- clog something (up) (with something) The narrow streets were clogged with traffic.
- Cholesterol clogs the arteries and makes them narrower.
- The wheels got clogged up with mud.
- clog (up) (with something) Within a few years the pipes began to clog up.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClog is used with these nouns as the subject:- traffic
- artery
- drain
- highway
- …
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘block of wood to impede an animal's movement’): of unknown origin.
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