Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clogged"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

clogged
adj 1: thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or
clots); "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together"
[syn: {clotted}]
2: stopped up; clogged up; "clogged pipes"; "clogged up
freeways"; "streets choked with traffic" [syn: {choked}]
3: loaded with something that hinders motion; "The wings of
birds were clogged with ice and snow"-Dryden

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