Clogging

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clogging \Clog"ging\, n.
     Anything which clogs. --Dr. H. More.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clogging
       See {clog}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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