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Adjective: clogged  klógd
  1. Stopped up; clogged up
    "clogged pipes";
    - choked
     
  2. Loaded with something that hinders motion
    "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"
     
  3. Thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
    "seeds clogged together";
    - clotted
Verb: clog (clogged,clogging)  klóg
  1. Become or cause to become obstructed
    "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall";
    - choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul
     
  2. Fill to excess so that function is impaired
    "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details";
    - overload
     
  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";
    - constipate
     
  5. Coalesce or unite in a mass
    "The wet cement started to clog in the mixer";
    - clot
     
  6. (dancing) dance a clog dance
    "The performers clogged energetically to the lively music"

See also: encumbered, obstructed, thick

Type of: block, close up, coalesce, dance, fill, fill up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude, restrain, slow, slow down, slow up, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Clog