transitive. To shut or stop up.

transitive. To stop; to stifle (breath); also, to dam up, in quot. figurative.

transitive. To stop with or as with a dam, plug, or bar: to fill up (a pool). archaic.

transitive. To block or obstruct (a passageway, etc.); to clog, choke. Also figurative. Cf. cloy, v.1 5.

To shut up, blockade.

To clog or choke up (by anything sticking in).

transitive. To choke or block up (a river or channel); (occasionally more generally) to fill up. English regional (west midlands) in later use.

To stop up, block, obstruct, choke up (a passage, channel, etc.); to crowd or fill up. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To stop up, block, obstruct; to shut up, confine. things material.

transitive. To block or stop up so as to prevent anything from passing in, out, or through; to obstruct; to close (an opening, esp. an orifice or…

To fill up with anything that impedes or obstructs action or function, to encumber; esp. to choke up so as to hinder free passage, to obstruct.

To hinder access to; to blockade. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. To stop, close; to shut up. Now chiefly in Boxing slang, to bung up the eyes.

To smother or choke with gravel or sand; also with up: literal and figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To put an impediment or obstruction in the way of; to obstruct.

To choke up (an orifice). Obsolete. rare.

Originally and chiefly Nautical. transitive. To cause (something) to become clogged, obstructed, or encumbered; esp. to cause (an anchor or cable)…

transitive. To block or stop up.

transitive. To block or stop up; to close or obstruct; (Dentistry) to fill a root canal. Also in extended use.

To close or greatly narrow (a tube, etc.), by internal obstruction.

transitive. figurative and in extended use. To obstruct, block up or off. Cf. blockade, n. 2a.

To strike with a sudden blow. to flop up (the eyes): to bung up; = flap, v. 1. dialect.

To block or fill up (a passage or avenue) by crowding or crushing into it.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). to ball up. transitive. To clog or tangle; to bring into a state of entanglement, confusion, or difficulty…

transitive, to clog (something) up, as with a sticky or messy substance; also intransitive, to become obstructed or clogged up.