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clogclog1 /klɒɡ $ klɑːɡ/ (also clog up) verb (past tense and past participle clogged, present participle clogging) [intransitive, transitive] clog1Origin: 1500-1600 clog ‘to prevent an animal from moving by tying a wooden block to it’ (14-19 centuries), from clog (noun); ➔ CLOG2 VERB TABLEclog |
Present | I, you, we, they | clog | | he, she, it | clogs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | clogged | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have clogged | | he, she, it | has clogged | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had clogged | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will clog | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have clogged |
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Present | I | am clogging | | he, she, it | is clogging | | you, we, they | are clogging | Past | I, he, she, it | was clogging | | you, we, they | were clogging | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been clogging | | he, she, it | has been clogging | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been clogging | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be clogging | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been clogging |
- An increased number of arrests has clogged the court system.
- Don't pour that grease down the drain, or the sink will clog up again.
- A utilitarian concrete block clogged with book kiosks and leftist murals, it draws its 17,000 students from six northern provinces.
- Electricity poles come down, telephone lines sag, and the streets become clogged with mud.
- From both sides of Market, traffic will be so clogged up people will be put off...
- Magee could feel it clogging his nostrils.
- The roads were more clogged than earlier in the day.
- We tend to pursue goals that weaken our will and clog up our view.
► got clogged up Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease. NOUN► road· Panic among the troops spread to the civilian refugees, who soon clogged the roads. ► street· Approximately 100,000 cars clog the narrow streets each day and exhaust gases are eroding the city's ancient monuments.· Finding a place to put the tons of snow now sitting on already clogged urban streets is perhaps the biggest challenge.· Too much traffic clogging the streets, too many high-rise buildings, too little greenery.· Fiats and mopeds clog the streets of Palermo, Ragusa, and the smaller cities.· Sewers are clogged and streets a mess.· Rows of engines clogged the streets, red lights pulsing like strobes in a disco. ► clever clogs/dick- I don't claim to be an expert and I certainly don't consider myself a clever clogs.
- Next time just stay at home and switch on the telly, clever clogs.
► pop your clogs- The only way a girl gets stuff is if her dad pops his clogs and leaves her a few bob.
to block something or become blocked: tourists whose cars clog the roads each summerclog with Over many years, the pipes had got clogged up with grease.—clogged adjective: clogged highways |