congest (redirected from congests)

con·gest  (kn-jst)

v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests

v.tr.

1. To overfill or overcrowd: Trucks congested the tunnel.

2. Pathology To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).

v.intr.

To become congested.

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[Latin congerere, congest-, to heap up, crowd together : com-, com- + gerere, to carry.]

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con·gestion n.

con·gestive adj.

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Congest an accumulation; a number of separate people or things crowded very closely together; a heap.

Examples: congest of floods, 1651; of methodical arguments, 1657.

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

congest - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" clog, clog up, choke off, foul, back up, choke gum up - stick together as if with gum; "the inside of the pipe has gummed up" obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path" crap up - become obstructed or chocked up; "The drains clogged up" choke up, lug, stuff, block - obstruct; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" silt, silt up - become chocked with silt; "The river silted up"