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: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |