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Adjective: clogged  klógd
  1. Thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots)
    "seeds clogged together";
    - clotted
     
  2. Stopped up; clogged up
    "clogged pipes";
    - choked
     
  3. Loaded with something that hinders motion
    "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"
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. Impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden
    "horses were clogged until they were tamed"
     
  3. Impede with a clog or as if with a clog
    "The market is being clogged by these operations";
    - constipate
     
  4. Coalesce or unite in a mass
    - clot
     
  5. Fill to excess so that function is impaired
    "Fear clogged her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details";
    - overload
     
  6. (dancing) dance a clog dance

See also: encumbered, obstructed, thick

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

Antonym: unclog

Encyclopedia: Clog