clogging

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

preventing movement“the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street”Synonyms: hindering impeding obstructive

Clogging \Clog"ging\, n. Anything which clogs. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel. [1913 Webster]

3.To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex. [1913 Webster]

The commodities are clogged with impositions.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer.— Shak.

Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict. [1913 Webster]