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clogging

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Clogging \Clog"ging\, n.
   Anything which clogs. --Dr. H. More.

Clog \Clog\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clogged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Clogging}.]
   1. To encumber or load, especially with something that
      impedes motion; to hamper.

            The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow.
                                                  --Dryden.

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

   3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

            The commodities are clogged with impositions.
                                                  --Addison.

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

   Syn: Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain;
        restrict.

Source : WordNet®

clogging
     See {clog}

clogging
     adj : preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
           overflowing into the street" [syn: {hindering}, {impeding},
            {obstructive}]

clog
     n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: {geta}, {patten}, {sabot}]
     2: any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction
     3: a dance performed while wearing clogs; has heavy stamping
        steps [syn: {clog dance}, {clog dancing}]
     [also: {clogging}, {clogged}]

clog
     v 1: become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our
          drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" [syn:
           {choke off}, {clog up}, {back up}, {congest}, {choke},
          {foul}] [ant: {unclog}]
     2: dance a clog dance
     3: impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden; "horses
        were clogged until they were tamed"
     4: impede with a clog or as if with a clog; "The market is
        being clogged by these operations"; "My mind is
        constipated today" [syn: {constipate}]
     5: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: {clot}]
     6: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged
        her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
        [syn: {overload}]
     [also: {clogging}, {clogged}]
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