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Found 5 hits - Term: clogging, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clogging \clog"ging\, n.
   anything which clogs. --dr. h. more.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clog \clog\, v. t. imp.  p. p. clogged klo^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
see also:
clogged clogging 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clogging
     see clog
see also:
clog 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
geta patten sabot clog dance clog dancing choke off 
clog up back up congest choke foul 
unclog constipate clot overload clogging 
clogged 
[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clogging
     adj : preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers
           overflowing into the street" syn: hindering, impeding,
            obstructive
see also:
hindering impeding obstructive 

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