noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately. Ireland, Scotland

   "For quotations using this term, see Citations:congest."

Verb

1. 1
   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. transitive

   "congest traffic"

2. 2
   become or cause to become obstructed wordnet
3. 3
   To become blocked or obstructed intransitive

   "Nasal passages can congest during a cold."

Synonyms

All synonyms

clogfillobstructstop upstuffback up

Example

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"For quotations using this term, see Citations:congest."

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