ALL meanings of congest
con·gest
C c - verb congest to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill 3
- verb congest to overload or clog (an organ or part) with blood or (of an organ or part) to become overloaded or clogged with blood 3
- verb congest to block (the nose) with mucus 3
- verb transitive congest to cause too much blood, mucus, etc. to accumulate in the vessels of (a part of the body) 3
- verb transitive congest to clog with mucus or other bodily fluid 3
- verb transitive congest to fill to excess; overcrowd 3
- intransitive verb congest to become congested 3
- verb with object congest to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog: The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move. 1
- verb with object congest Pathology. to cause an unnatural accumulation of blood or other fluid in (a body part or blood vessel): The cold congested her sinuses. 1
- verb with object congest Obsolete. to heap together. 1
- verb without object congest to become congested: His throat congested with phlegm. 1
- noun congest (Ireland, Scotland) a tenant living on land whose resources do not support him adequately. 1
- noun congest (Ireland, Scotland, agriculture, historical) a farmer whose lands do not support him adequately. 0
- verb congest To overfill or overcrowd. 0