Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONGESTED
CONGESTED Con *gest "ed, a.
1. (Bot. )
Defn: Crowded together. Gray.
2. (Med. )
Defn: Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; -- said of any part of the body.
New American Oxford Dictionary
congested
con gest ed |kənˈjestid kənˈʤɛstəd | ▶adjective blocked up with or too full of something, in particular: • (of a road or place ) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder freedom of movement: one of the most congested airports in the world | the streets are often heavily congested with traffic. • (of the respiratory tract ) blocked with mucus so as to hinder breathing: his nose was congested. • (of a part of the body ) abnormally full of blood: congested arteries. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: past participle of congest, from Latin congest- ‘heaped up, ’ from the verb congerere, from con- ‘together ’ + gerere ‘bring. ’
Oxford Dictionary
congested
con |gest ¦ed |kənˈdʒestɪd | ▶adjective 1 (of a road or place ) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement: the congested streets of the West End | the road was congested with refugees. 2 (of a part of the body ) abnormally full of blood: congested arteries. • (of the respiratory tract ) blocked with mucus so as to hinder breathing: his nose was congested. DERIVATIVES congest verb ORIGIN late Middle English (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate ’): from Latin congerere ‘heap up ’, from con- ‘together ’ + gerere ‘bring ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
congested
congested adjective the tunnels are congested with holiday traffic: crowded, overcrowded, full, overflowing, packed, jammed, thronged, teeming, swarming; obstructed, blocked, clogged, choked; informal snarled up, gridlocked, jam-packed. ANTONYMS clear.
Oxford Thesaurus
congested
congested adjective more traffic will use the already congested road: crowded, overcrowded, full, overfull, overflowing, full to overflowing /bursting, crammed full, cram-full, thronged, packed, jammed, teeming, swarming, overloaded; obstructed, impeded, blocked (up ), clogged, choked, plugged, stopped up; informal snarled up, gridlocked, jam-packed; Brit. informal like Piccadilly Circus. ANTONYMS clear.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
congested
con g é st ed /-ɪd /形容詞 1 【交通や人で 】〈道路 地域などが 〉混雑した, 渋滞した, いっぱいの, 遮断された «with » .2 〘医 〙うっ血 [充血 ]した .
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