clogged

clog  (klôg, klg) n. 1. An obstruction or hindrance. 2. A weight, such as a block, attached to the leg of an animal to hinder movement. 3. A heavy, usually wooden-soled shoe. v. clogged, clog·ging, clogs v.tr. 1. To obstruct movement on or in; block up: Heavy traffic clogged the freeways. 2. To hamper the function or activity of; impede: "attorneys clogging our courts with actions designed to harass state and local governments" (Roslyn L. Anderson and Patricia L. Irvin). v.intr. 1. To become obstructed or choked up: The pipes had clogged with rust. 2. To thicken or stick together; clot. 3. To do a clog dance. [Middle English, block attached to an animal's leg.]

clog

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	clogged - thickened or coalesced in soft thick lumps (such as clogs or clots); "clotted blood"; "seeds clogged together" clotted thick - relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup"; "thick smoke"; "thick fog"
	2.	clogged - stopped up; clogged up; "clogged pipes"; "clogged up freeways"; "streets choked with traffic" choked obstructed - shut off to passage or view or hindered from action; "a partially obstructed passageway"; "an obstructed view"; "justice obstructed is not justice"
	3.	clogged - loaded with something that hinders motion; "The wings of birds were clogged with ice and snow"-Dryden encumbered - loaded to excess or impeded by a heavy load; "a summer resort...encumbered with great clapboard-and-stucco hotels"- A.J.Liebling; "a hiker encumbered with a heavy backpack"; "an encumbered estate"