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[syn: clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clogging \Clog"ging\, n.
Anything which clogs. --Dr. H. More.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Clog \Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clogged (kl[o^]gd); p. pr. &
vb. n. Clogging.]
1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
impedes motion; to hamper.
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The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
--Dryden.
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2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke
up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.
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3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.
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The commodities are clogged with impositions.
--Addison.
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You 'll rue the time
That clogs me with this answer. --Shak.
Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
restrict.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
clogging
adj 1: preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
overflowing into the street" [syn: clogging,
hindering, impeding, obstructive]