clog
clog / kläg; klôg/ • n. 1. a shoe with a thick wooden sole.2. an encumbrance or impediment: a clog in the system.• v. (clogged, clog·ging) [tr.] fill or block with an accumulation of thick, wet matter: the gutters were clogged up with leaves. ∎ [intr.] become blocked in this way: too much fatty food makes your arteries clog up. ∎ fill up or crowd (something) so as to obstruct passage: tourists clog the roads in summer.
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