Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to clog
Participle: clogged
Gerund: clogging
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | clog |
| you | clog |
| he;she;it | clogs |
| we | clog |
| you | clog |
| they | clog |
Perfect
| I | have clogged |
| you | have clogged |
| he;she;it | has clogged |
| we | have clogged |
| you | have clogged |
| they | have clogged |
Past
| I | clogged |
| you | clogged |
| he;she;it | clogged |
| we | clogged |
| you | clogged |
| they | clogged |
Pluperfect
| I | had clogged |
| you | had clogged |
| he;she;it | had clogged |
| we | had clogged |
| you | had clogged |
| they | had clogged |
Future
| I | will clog |
| you | will clog |
| he;she;it | will clog |
| we | will clog |
| you | will clog |
| they | will clog |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clogged |
| you | will have clogged |
| he;she;it | will have clogged |
| we | will have clogged |
| you | will have clogged |
| they | will have clogged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | clog |
| you | clog |
| he;she;it | clog |
| we | clog |
| you | clog |
| they | clog |
Perfect
| I | have clogged |
| you | have clogged |
| he;she;it | have clogged |
| we | have clogged |
| you | have clogged |
| they | have clogged |
Imperfect
| I | clogged |
| you | clogged |
| he;she;it | clogged |
| we | clogged |
| you | clogged |
| they | clogged |
Pluperfect
| I | had clogged |
| you | had clogged |
| he;she;it | had clogged |
| we | had clogged |
| you | had clogged |
| they | had clogged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would clog |
| you | would clog |
| he;she;it | would clog |
| we | would clog |
| you | would clog |
| they | would clog |
Perfect
| I | would have clogged |
| you | would have clogged |
| he;she;it | would have clogged |
| we | would have clogged |
| you | would have clogged |
| they | would have clogged |
Imperative
| you | clog |
| we | Let's clog |
| you | clog |
Verbs conjugated like 'clog'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'clog'
blog,
clag,
clod,
clop,
clot,
cloy,
cog,
flog,
log,
slog,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.
Sample Sentences
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Around 25 million pounds of used Mardi Gras beads are thrown away every year. Several years ago, in 2018, 46 tons of them clogged New Orleans' storm drains after heavy flooding. [2026 February 17, Simmone Shah, “Biodegradable Beads Are Helping Mardi Gras Go Green”, in TIME, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2026:]
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Hair is clogging the drainpipe.
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The roads are clogged up with traffic.
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The wings of winds were clogged with ice and snow. [1717, John Dryden [et al.], “(please specify |book=I to XV)”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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The commodities […]are clogged with impositions. [1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:]
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You'll rue the time / That clogs me with this answer. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:]
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1973, Humble Oil & Refining Co. v. Doerr, 123 N.J. Super. 530, 544, 303 A.2d 898.
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For centuries it has been the rule that a mortgagor’s equity of redemption cannot be clogged and that he cannot, as a part of the original mortgage transaction, cut off or surrender his right to redeem. Any agreement which does so is void and unenforceable as against public policy.
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And in a burst of Celtic drums and fiddles, a bosomy colleen with a jaunty green hat and suit jacket riverdanced onto the stage, clogging with a surprising degree of expertise, barely restrained breasts jiggling. [2014, Jeff Abbott, Cut and Run:]