to hold back by a clog
41retard — [v] hinder, obstruct arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt*, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag,… …
42shackle — Synonyms and related words: Oregon boat, anchor, arrest, bar, barrier, bearing rein, bilbo, bind, bit, bond, bonds, bottle up, box up, bracelets, brake, bridle, burden, cage, camisole, chain, chains, check, checkrein, chock, clog, cloister,… …
43retard — v make slow, slow down, slow up, Sl. hang up, delay; detain, hold back, set back, check, hold in check, restrict, restrain; hinder, hamper, impede, forestall, prohibit, debar; interfere, interrupt, frustrate, thwart, foil, balk, Inf. short… …
44choke — [chōk] vt. choked, choking [ME choken, aphetic < OE vt. aceocian, to choke, prob. < base of ceoke, jaw, CHEEK] 1. to prevent from breathing by blocking the windpipe or squeezing the throat of; strangle; suffocate; smother; stifle 2. to… …
45curb — [n] restraining device; check barrier, border, brake, bridle, chain, control, deterrent, edge, harness, hindrance, ledge, limitation, lip, rein, restrainer, restraint, restriction, rim; concepts 376,497,652,745 Ant. encouragement, opening curb… …
46leash — [n] rein bridle, chain, check, control, cord, curb, deterrent, hold, lead, restraint, rope, strap, tether; concept 475 leash [v] rein, hold bridle, check, clog, control, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, hamper, hobble, hog tie*, hold back,… …
47constrict — I (compress) verb abbreviate, abridge, astringe, bind, capsulize, cause to contract, clench, coarct, compact, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constnnge, contract, cram, cramp, crowd, crush, draw together, make brief, make dense, make smaller …
48Drag — Drag, v. i. 1. To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, as an anchor that does not hold. [1913 Webster] 2. To move onward heavily, laboriously, or slowly; …
49trammel — I verb bind, bridle, check, clog, confine, constrain, control, cramp, cumber, curb, debar, discommode, enchain, encumber, entangle, entrammel, fasten, fetter, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, impede, incommode,… …
50encumber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. burden, hamper, load, clog, oppress; obstruct, hinder, impede, embarrass, retard, check, handicap. See hindrance, difficulty, debt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. burden, hamper, obstruct, weigh down; see …
