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Definition of Clog up
1. Verb. Become or cause to become obstructed. "The water pipe is backed up"
Specialized synonyms: Gum Up, Crap Up, Block, Choke Up, Lug, Stuff, Silt, Silt Up
Generic synonyms: Block, Close Up, Impede, Jam, Obstruct, Obturate, Occlude
Derivative terms: Backup, Clog, Congestion, Congestive
Antonyms: Unclog
Definition of Clog up
1. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) to completely physically block ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clog Up
Literary usage of Clog up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A new dictionary of the English language by Charles Richardson (1839)
"ships laden with stones,")—To cloy, as app. to the appetite, is to choak or clog
up the active powers of the palate : to pall, to satiate, ..."
2. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1913)
"As soon as a machine begins to clog up with dirt, whether it occurs in one month,
or six months, or twelve months, windings in the slots will necessarily ..."
3. The Irrigation Age by American Irrigation Federation (1896)
"Of course it will be necessary to give the waste weir plenty of fall before its
discharge,else it too will clog up. When an unusual amount of sand is ..."
4. The Georgian Era: Memoirs of the Most Eminent Persons, who Have Flourished by ---- Clarke (1832)
"A buffoon lord in waiting was very busy marshalling the circle ; and he said to
me, without ceremony—'Move forward ; you clog up the door-way. ..."
5. Memoirs of the Life and Reign of King George the Third by John Heneage Jesse (1867)
"I replied with as little—' Did nobody clog up the King's doorway more than I
have, there would be room for all ..."
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