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Clog

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

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Coalesce 76% connected

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

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Cumber 76% connected

To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruc…

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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Encumber 76% connected

To impede the motion or action of, as with a burden; to retard with something superfluous; to weigh down; to obstruct or embarrass; as, his movements…

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Encumbrance 76% connected

That which encumbers; a burden which impedes action, or renders it difficult and laborious; a clog; an impediment. See Incumbrance.

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Fill 76% connected

One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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Hinderance 76% connected

Same as Hindrance.

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Hindrance 76% connected

The act of hindering, or the state of being hindered.

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Hitch 76% connected

To become entangled or caught; to be linked or yoked; to unite; to cling.

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Impede 76% connected

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

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Incumbrance 76% connected

A burdensome and troublesome load; anything that impedes motion or action, or renders it difficult or laborious; clog; impediment; hindrance; check.

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Interference 76% connected

The act or state of interfering; as, the stoppage of a machine by the interference of some of its parts; a meddlesome interference in the business of…

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Jam 76% connected

A kind of frock for children.

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Obstruct 76% connected

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

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Occlude 76% connected

To shut up; to close.

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Preventative 76% connected

That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.

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Preventive 76% connected

Going before; preceding.

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Slow 76% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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Manner of action 4

Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Lug 76% connected

The ear, or its lobe.

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Silt 76% connected

Mud or fine earth deposited from running or standing water.

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Stuff 76% connected

Material which is to be worked up in any process of manufacture.

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Choke 92% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Clot 92% connected

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Congest 92% connected

To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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Constipate 92% connected

To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foul 92% connected

A bird.

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Overload 92% connected

To load or fill to excess; to load too heavily.

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Patten 92% connected

A clog or sole of wood, usually supported by an iron ring, worn to raise the feet from the wet or the mud.

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Sabot 92% connected

A kind of wooden shoe worn by the peasantry in France, Belgium, Sweden, and some other European countries.

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