Clog
verb
To block something or become blocked.
The sink is clogged with dirty dishes.
Often appears as...
- clog up
- clog the drain
noun
Something that blocks or slows down progress.
Remove any clogs in the pipe to improve water flow.
Often appears as...
- remove the clog
- clog in the pipe
noun
A type of shoe with a thick wooden sole.
She wears clogs to work every day.
Often appears as...
- pair of clogs
- wear clogs
verb
To block something or become blocked.
The sink is clogged with dirty dishes.
Often appears as...
- clog up
- clog the drain
noun
Something that blocks or slows down progress.
Remove any clogs in the pipe to improve water flow.
Often appears as...
- remove the clog
- clog in the pipe
noun
A type of shoe with a thick wooden sole.
She wears clogs to work every day.
Often appears as...
- pair of clogs
- wear clogs
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine something physically blocking movement, like a cork in a bottle.
My notebook fell and clogged the hallway.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to describe barriers in processes or progress.
Bureaucracy often clogs the development of new projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Saying 'clog up' is usually redundant, just 'clog' is enough.
Leaves tend to clog gutters in the fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine something physically blocking movement, like a cork in a bottle.
My notebook fell and clogged the hallway.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to describe barriers in processes or progress.
Bureaucracy often clogs the development of new projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Saying 'clog up' is usually redundant, just 'clog' is enough.
Leaves tend to clog gutters in the fall.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Imagery
Imagine something physically blocking movement, like a cork in a bottle.
My notebook fell and clogged the hallway.
Pro Tip 2/3Figurative Use
Used metaphorically to describe barriers in processes or progress.
Bureaucracy often clogs the development of new projects.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Redundancy
Saying 'clog up' is usually redundant, just 'clog' is enough.
Leaves tend to clog gutters in the fall.
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Upgrading management...
organizations today we're drowning in process we process for everything we process for planning and process for budgeting process for performance reviews process for approvals we have process to change process and process to communicate and train on the now change process it's too much and it's like this plaque that's clogging organizational
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Eben Bayer: Are...
we're getting incredible yield rates. Natural polymers, well ... I think that's what's most important, because these polymers have been tried and tested in our ecosystem for the last billion years, in everything from mushrooms to crustaceans. They're not going to clog up Earth's ecosystems. They work great. And while, today,
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Talithia Williams: Own...
Clogs you up every time. Here, take this one instead." He gives us a prescription. We're looking at each other, and I looked at the doctor, and I said, "Why is it that it seems like you were able to accurately diagnose his condition, but this previous doctor wanted to order
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Jeff Bezos: The...
And that's actually kind of an important point in my presentation, because they hadn't invented the off switch. That was to come much later -- the off switch on appliances -- because it didn't make any sense. I mean, you didn't want this thing clogging up a light socket.
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Finding Little Owls in...
and all owls that have the same curled and feather structure get really, really wet. when it rains and get really water clogged. So they love buildings where they get complete and total protection from the rain. So places like this, these old abandoned buildings
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Overview PIPE Exploring...
formed in the Pacific and plastic clogs the shores of even remote Pacific Islands the construction of coastal cities has brought about the loss of coral reefs mangrove forests and vast wetlands and the birds and marine life that once thrived there
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Sylvia Earle: How to...
gear that continues to kill. We're clogging the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system, and we're taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife, all carbon-based units.
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TED Prize wish: Protect...
discarded fishing nets gear that continues to kill were clogging the ocean poisoning the planet circulatory system and were taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife all
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Hidden miracles of the...
and clean out clogged arteries along the way. Tiny chemical machines of the future can one day, perhaps, repair DNA. We are on the threshold of extraordinary advances,
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Baboon Attack! PIPE...
they clogged the inlets and crowd the local residents the baboons who live here all year round can't help but take notice of the sheer numbers of new arrivals
Video examples
Upgrading management...
organizations today we're drowning in process we process for everything we process for planning and process for budgeting process for performance reviews process for approvals we have process to change process and process to communicate and train on the now change process it's too much and it's like this plaque that's clogging organizational
Video examples
Eben Bayer: Are...
we're getting incredible yield rates. Natural polymers, well ... I think that's what's most important, because these polymers have been tried and tested in our ecosystem for the last billion years, in everything from mushrooms to crustaceans. They're not going to clog up Earth's ecosystems. They work great. And while, today,
Video examples
Talithia Williams: Own...
Clogs you up every time. Here, take this one instead." He gives us a prescription. We're looking at each other, and I looked at the doctor, and I said, "Why is it that it seems like you were able to accurately diagnose his condition, but this previous doctor wanted to order
Video examples
Jeff Bezos: The...
And that's actually kind of an important point in my presentation, because they hadn't invented the off switch. That was to come much later -- the off switch on appliances -- because it didn't make any sense. I mean, you didn't want this thing clogging up a light socket.
Video examples
Finding Little Owls in...
and all owls that have the same curled and feather structure get really, really wet. when it rains and get really water clogged. So they love buildings where they get complete and total protection from the rain. So places like this, these old abandoned buildings
Video examples
Overview PIPE Exploring...
formed in the Pacific and plastic clogs the shores of even remote Pacific Islands the construction of coastal cities has brought about the loss of coral reefs mangrove forests and vast wetlands and the birds and marine life that once thrived there
Video examples
Sylvia Earle: How to...
gear that continues to kill. We're clogging the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system, and we're taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife, all carbon-based units.
Video examples
TED Prize wish: Protect...
discarded fishing nets gear that continues to kill were clogging the ocean poisoning the planet circulatory system and were taking out hundreds of millions of tons of wildlife all
Video examples
Hidden miracles of the...
and clean out clogged arteries along the way. Tiny chemical machines of the future can one day, perhaps, repair DNA. We are on the threshold of extraordinary advances,
Video examples
Baboon Attack! PIPE...
they clogged the inlets and crowd the local residents the baboons who live here all year round can't help but take notice of the sheer numbers of new arrivals
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Quote examples
Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
I think the truest things come from silence, but everything's always so clogged up with noise. If everything falls away, and you can truly listen to someone, giving them yourself and generosity, you can truly lose yourself in what they're saying. Like, not impose your ideas on what they're saying, but really tune into them.
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Alberto Salazar
Cuban Athlete
I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.
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Learned Hand
American Judge
The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.
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Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Unlike most divorced parents, whose interactions are confined to the topic of the kids, people still sharing a house have to talk about clogged sinks and moth infestations.
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Joan Smalls
Puerto Rican Model
I try not to go to sleep with makeup, because I think it clogs your pores. I always wash my face with something that contains salicylic acid.
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Sean Booth
English Musician
The Internet's kinda in danger of getting heart disease pretty soon, I think. Arteries are getting clogged.
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John Dryden
English Poet
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
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Horace
Roman Poet
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
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Christian Louboutin
French Designer
Something I really hate more than anything else is clogs.
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Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
Quote examples
Johnny Flynn
South African Musician
I think the truest things come from silence, but everything's always so clogged up with noise. If everything falls away, and you can truly listen to someone, giving them yourself and generosity, you can truly lose yourself in what they're saying. Like, not impose your ideas on what they're saying, but really tune into them.
Quote examples
Alberto Salazar
Cuban Athlete
I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and they are holding up. My other arteries haven't shown any additional clogging.
Quote examples
Learned Hand
American Judge
The mid-day sun is too much for most eyes; one is dazzled even with its reflection. Be careful that too broad and high an aim does not paralyze your effort and clog your springs of action.
Quote examples
Katie Hafner
American Journalist
Unlike most divorced parents, whose interactions are confined to the topic of the kids, people still sharing a house have to talk about clogged sinks and moth infestations.
Quote examples
Joan Smalls
Puerto Rican Model
I try not to go to sleep with makeup, because I think it clogs your pores. I always wash my face with something that contains salicylic acid.
Quote examples
Sean Booth
English Musician
The Internet's kinda in danger of getting heart disease pretty soon, I think. Arteries are getting clogged.
Quote examples
John Dryden
English Poet
Only man clogs his happiness with care, destroying what is with thoughts of what may be.
Quote examples
Horace
Roman Poet
Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.
Quote examples
Christian Louboutin
French Designer
Something I really hate more than anything else is clogs.
Quote examples
Elbert Hubbard
American Writer
Fear clogs; faith liberates.
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