Clogging - English meaning

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

verb

(of a person or animal) have severe difficulty in breathing because of a constricted or obstructed throat or a lack of air.

Usage examples:

Willie choked on a mouthful of tea

noun

A valve in the carburettor of a petrol engine that is used to reduce the amount of air in the fuel mixture when the engine is started.

Usage examples:

An automatic choke

noun

The inedible mass of silky fibres at the centre of a globe artichoke.

Usage examples:

Cut the artichokes in half and remove the hairy inner choke and any hard leaves, leaving only the t…

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

Usage examples:

The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Usage examples:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

verb

Crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.

Usage examples:

Uncontrolled development will congest our streets

verb

To make something blocked or crowded in a way that causes difficulties, or to become blocked or crowded

Usage examples:

There is no need for us to congest the city with traffic.

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Usage examples:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Usage examples:

Paper jams

verb

A sweet spread or conserve made from fruit and sugar boiled to a thick consistency.

Usage examples:

Strawberry jam

verb

Block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.

Usage examples:

She was obstructing the entrance

verb

Block up; obstruct.

verb

Stop, close up, or obstruct (an opening, orifice, or passage).

Usage examples:

Thick make-up can occlude the pores

verb

To block something

Usage examples:

Veins can get occluded by blood clots.

noun

A piece of solid material fitting tightly into a hole and blocking it up.

Usage examples:

Somewhere in the pipes there is a plug of ice blocking the flow

verb

Short for fireplug.

noun

A device or substance that is used to join two things together so as to prevent them from coming apart or to prevent anything from passing between them.

Usage examples:

Attach a draught seal to the door itself

verb

Fasten or close securely.

Usage examples:

He folded it, sealed the envelope, and walked to the postbox

noun

A fish-eating aquatic mammal with a streamlined body and feet developed as flippers, that returns to land to breed or rest.

Usage examples:

Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea…