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congest
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb congest has 1 sense
- congest(v = verb.contact) back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, foul - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" is one way to block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude
Derived forms noun congestion2, adjective congestive1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
congest, v. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.].
- To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. [1913 Webster]"To what will thy congested guilt amount?" [1913 Webster]
- To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
congest, v.tr. (esp. as congested adj.) affect with congestion; obstruct, block (congested streets; congested lungs).
Derivative
congestive adj.
Etymology
L congerere congest- (as com-, gerere bring)
THESAURUS
congest
bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, brim, bung, caulk, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, close, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constipate, cork, cover, cram, crowd, dam, dam up, densen, densify, drench, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, foul, freight, glut, gluttonize, gorge, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, plug, plug up, press, ram down, ram in, satiate, saturate, soak, solidify, spile, squeeze, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, top off, wad, weight
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