clogging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clogging	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for clogging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clogging adj preventing movement; "the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street" Synonym(s): clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructive
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clogging \Clog"ging\, n. Anything which clogs. --Dr. H. More.
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.