congest

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈd͡ʒɛst/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

congest (plural congests)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, agriculture, history) A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
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Synonyms

• smallholder

Verb

congest (third-person singular simple present congests, present participle congesting, simple past and past participle congested)

1. (transitive) To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.

   congest traffic

   congest roads

   congest lungs

   Pollution can congest the city’s streets with smog.

2. (intransitive) To become blocked or obstructed

   Nasal passages can congest during a cold.

Derived terms

• congestable
• congestee
• congester
• congestible
• congestor
• decongest
• recongest

Related terms

• congeries
• congestant
• congestion
• congestive

Translations

overfill

Bulgarian: натъпквам (bg) (natǎpkvam), препълвам (bg) (prepǎlvam) Finnish: ruuhkauttaa (fi) Irish: plúch Persian: گرفتن (fa) Portuguese: congestionar (pt), entupir (pt) Russian: переполня́ть (ru) impf (perepolnjátʹ), перепо́лнить (ru) pf (perepólnitʹ)