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 

• CLOG UP (verb)

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)