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seal
To apply a waterproof coating to:
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  1. To apply a waterproof coating to:
  2. To confirm or authenticate (a document, etc.) by marking with a seal
  3. To mark with a seal; fix a seal to
obstruct
To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
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  1. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.
  2. To hinder (progress, an activity, etc.); impede
  3. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen).
jam
To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position:
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  1. To cause (moving parts, for example) to lock into an unworkable position:
  2. (Baseball) To throw an inside pitch to (a batter), especially to prevent the batter from hitting the ball with the thicker part of the bat.
  3. To force one's way into or through a limited space:
bar
A ridgelike mound of sand, gravel or silt formed within a stream, along its banks, or at its mouth. Bars form where the stream's current slows down, causing sediment to be deposited.
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  1. A ridgelike mound of sand, gravel or silt formed within a stream, along its banks, or at its mouth. Bars form where the stream's current slows down, causing sediment to be deposited.
  2. A legal obstacle or barrier that prevents or destroys a legal action or claim, especially one that prevents the relitigation of an issue or the formation of a valid contract. See also double jeopardy, estoppel, merger, plea, and res judicata. A legal obstacle or barrier that prevents or destroys a legal action or claim, especially one that prevents the relitigation of an issue or the formation of a valid contract. See also double jeopardy, estoppel, merger, plea, and res judicata. To prevent, prohibit, or act as a bar to. In bar. As a bar to an action. For example, if a defendant in a criminal action was acquitted earlier of the same charges that he is now accused, he may plead double jeopardy in bar. At bar. Now before the court. For example, an action that is before the court may be referred to as the case at bar. The legal profession in general. A group of attorneys admitted to practice law in a particular jurisdiction or before a particular court or who practice in a common field or area of expertise in the law. The railing in a courtroom that separates the area used by the judge, lawyers, and court personnel to conduct judicial business from the seating provided for observers. See also bench.
  3. (Zool.) Either of the ends of the wall of a horse's hoof, curving inward toward the center of the sole
barricade
A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
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  1. A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence
  2. A usually temporary structure set up to restrict or control the movement of people or conveyances:
  3. A usually improvised structure set up, as across a route of access, to obstruct the passage of an enemy or opponent.
barrier
A material formation or structure, such as a mountain range or wall, that prevents passage or access.
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  1. A material formation or structure, such as a mountain range or wall, that prevents passage or access.
  2. A movable gate that keeps racehorses in line before the start of a race.
  3. A thing that prevents passage or approach; obstruction, as a fence, wall, etc.
block
Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression; mental block.
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  1. Sudden cessation of speech or a thought process without an immediate observable cause, sometimes considered a consequence of repression; mental block.
  2. A mold or form on which an item is shaped or displayed:
  3. One of a set of small wooden or plastic pieces, such as a cube, bar, or cylinder, used as a building toy.
blockage
A blocking or being blocked
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  1. A blocking or being blocked
  2. Something that blocks, or obstructs; obstacle
  3. A thing that is blocking
hamper
A large basket, usually with a cover, as for laundry
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  1. A large basket, usually with a cover, as for laundry
  2. Necessary but encumbering equipment on a ship.
hindrance
Any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction
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  1. Any person or thing that hinders; obstacle; impediment; obstruction
  2. The state or act of hindering something
  3. Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
hurdle
A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
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  1. A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for enclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes.
  2. A race in which a series of such barriers must be jumped without the competitors' breaking their stride.
  3. A leaping step made off one foot as means of maximizing spring at the end of an approach, as to a dive.
impediment
A speech defect; stutter, lisp, stammer, etc.
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  1. A speech defect; stutter, lisp, stammer, etc.
  2. Anything preventing the making of a legal contract, esp. of a marriage contract
  3. A physical defect, especially one that interferes with speech.
obstacle
Anything that gets in the way or hinders; impediment; obstruction; hindrance
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  1. Anything that gets in the way or hinders; impediment; obstruction; hindrance
  2. Something that stands in the way of or holds up progress:
obstruction
Something that obstructs; an obstacle:
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  1. Something that obstructs; an obstacle:
  2. (Sports) The act of impeding another player in violation of the rules, as when a player impedes the progress of an opponent not in possession of the puck in ice hockey.
  3. The act of obstructing:
snag
A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
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  1. A break, pull, or tear in fabric.
  2. A pulled thread in knitted material, causing a loop at the point where it is caught
  3. A piece, part, or point that sticks out, esp. one that is sharp or rough, as the broken end of a tree limb
stop
(Nautical) A line used for securing something temporarily:
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  1. (Nautical) A line used for securing something temporarily:
  2. A device such as a key for closing the hole on a wind instrument.
  3. The act of stopping or the condition of being stopped:
traverse
A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.
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  1. A gallery, deck, or loft crossing from one side of a building to the other.
  2. A lateral movement, as of a lathe tool across a piece of wood.
  3. A parapet or wall of earth, etc. across a rampart or trench
wall
Something resembling a wall in appearance or function, as the side or inside surface of a container or body cavity
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  1. Something resembling a wall in appearance or function, as the side or inside surface of a container or body cavity
  2. An extreme or desperate condition or position, such as defeat or ruin:
  3. Something resembling a wall in impenetrability or strength:
block
(--- Medicine) To interrupt or obstruct the functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs.
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  1. (--- Medicine) To interrupt or obstruct the functioning of (a physiological process), especially by the use of drugs.
  2. To indicate broadly without great detail; sketch. Often used with out:
  3. To stop or impede the passage of or movement through; obstruct:
choke
(Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
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  1. (Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
  2. To hold (a bat, golf club, etc.) away from the end of the handle and closer toward the middle
  3. To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
close
To bring to an end; finish
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  1. To bring to an end; finish
  2. To bring to an end; terminate:
  3. To draw or bind together the edges of:
congest
To fill to excess; overcrowd
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  1. To fill to excess; overcrowd
  2. To become congested
  3. To cause too much blood, mucus, etc. to accumulate in the vessels of (a part of the body)
cork
To restrain or check; hold back:
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  1. To restrain or check; hold back:
  2. To stop or seal with or as if with a cork.
  3. (Baseball) To modify (a bat) by drilling a hole in the large end and filling it with cork or rubber: this practice is believed to give the batter an unfair advantage and is illegal
fill
To supply the things needed or called for in (an order, prescription, etc.)
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  1. To supply the things needed or called for in (an order, prescription, etc.)
  2. To stop or plug up (an opening, for example).
  3. To close or plug (holes, cracks, etc.)
plug
(Informal) To work or study hard and steadily; plod
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  1. (Informal) To work or study hard and steadily; plod
  2. To stop up or fill (a hole, gap, etc.) by inserting a plug
  3. To connect with something so as to become attached, to close an electric circuit, etc.
stop
To be able to go no further; come to an end
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  1. To be able to go no further; come to an end
  2. To bring to an end; discontinue
  3. To close (a bottle, jug, etc.) as with a cork or cap
Find another word for clog. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for clog, like: stop-up, seal, obstruct, jam, bar, close, hinder, plug, bar, barricade and barrier.

Sentence Examples

  • Dean planned to spend his free time biking, but changed his mind when he saw the crowds in town and remembered the traffic that would clog the narrow roads.

  • So they threw their sabots, a kind of clog shoe, into the machinery to break it—an act that gave us the word sabotage.

  • If the first method be adopted, the trouble which presents itself is that the tar contains a high percentage of pitch, which tends rapidly to choke and clog up all the pipes.

  • But though Dual Control was at an end, the Caisse de la Dette remained, and this body was to prove a constant clog on the financial measures of the Egyptian government.

  • Without preheating the expanding air becomes so cold as to be liable to deposit snow from the moisture held in suspension, and thereby to clog the valves.

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