clog

A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.

“Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.”

A blockage.

“The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.”

UKcolloquialA shoe of any type.

A weight, such as a log or block of wood, attached to a person or animal to hinder motion.

That which hinders or impedes motion; an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment of any kind.

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

To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').

“Hair is clogging the drainpipe.”

“The roads are clogged up with traffic.”

To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

legalTo enforce a mortgage lender right that prevents a borrower from exercising a right to redeem.

To perform a clog dance.

Become or cause to become obstructed

“The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”

“The water pipe is backed up”

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”

“My mind is constipated today”

Coalesce or unite in a mass

“Blood clots”

Fill to excess so that function is impaired

“Fear clogged her mind”

“The story was clogged with too many details”