CONGEST

clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul

(verb) become or cause to become obstructed; “The leaves clog our drains in the Fall”; “The water pipe is backed up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

congest (plural congests)

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

Synonyms

• smallholder

Verb

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

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Con*gest", v. t. Etym: [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]

1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate. To what will thy congested guilt amount Blackmore.

2. (Med.)

Definition: To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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