| boxfish | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. boxfish, trunkfish | any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head encased in bony plates. |
| ~ plectognath, plectognath fish | tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines. |
| ~ family ostraciidae, family ostraciontidae, ostraciidae | boxfishes. |
| ~ cowfish, lactophrys quadricornis | trunkfish having hornlike spines over the eyes. |
| clog | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. clog, geta, patten, sabot | footwear usually with wooden soles. |
| ~ footgear, footwear | covering for a person's feet. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. clog | any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction. |
| ~ hinderance, hindrance, preventative, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference, hitch | any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome. |
| n. (act) | 3. clog, clog dance, clog dancing | a dance performed while wearing shoes with wooden soles; has heavy stamping steps. |
| ~ tap dance, tap dancing | a dance step tapped out audibly with the feet. |
| v. (contact) | 4. back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| ~ gum up | stick together as if with gum.; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ crap up | become obstructed or chocked up.; "The drains clogged up" |
| ~ choke up, lug, stuff, block | obstruct.; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
| ~ silt, silt up | become chocked with silt.; "The river silted up" |
| v. (creation) | 5. clog | dance a clog dance. |
| ~ dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation | taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music. |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (contact) | 6. clog | impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden.; "horses were clogged until they were tamed" |
| ~ constrain, cumber, encumber, restrain | hold back. |
| v. (change) | 7. clog, constipate | impede with a clog or as if with a clog.; "The market is being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is constipated today" |
| ~ slow up, slow, slow down | cause to proceed more slowly.; "The illness slowed him down" |
| v. (change) | 8. clog, clot | coalesce or unite in a mass.; "Blood clots" |
| ~ coalesce | fuse or cause to grow together. |
| v. (change) | 9. clog, overload | fill to excess so that function is impaired.; "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| sabot | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. sabot, wooden shoe | a shoe carved from a single block of wood. |
| ~ shoe | footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material. |
| wooden shoe | | |
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