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CLOG UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clog up mean?
• CLOG UP (verb)
The verb CLOG UP has 1 sense:
1. become or cause to become obstructed
Familiarity information: CLOG UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become or cause to become obstructed
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul
Context example:
The water pipe is backed up
Hypernyms (to "clog up" is one way to...):
block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "clog up"):
gum up (stick together as if with gum)
crap up (become obstructed or chocked up)
block; choke up; lug; stuff (obstruct)
silt; silt up (become chocked with silt)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Context examples
Pimples form when hair follicles under your skin clog up.
(Acne, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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