[kuh n-jest] /kənˈdʒɛst/

verb (used with object)
to fill to excess; overcrowd or overburden; clog:
The subway entrance was so congested that no one could move.
The cold congested her sinuses.
Obsolete. to heap together.
verb (used without object)
to become congested:
His throat congested with phlegm.
to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill


early 15c., “to bring together” (transitive), from Latin congestus, past participle of congerere “to bring together, pile up,” from com- “together” (see com-) + gerere “to carry, perform” (see gest). Medical sense of “unnatural accumulation” (1758) led to transferred (intransitive) sense of “overcrowd” (1859). Related: Congested; congesting.

congestive con·ges·tive (kən-jěs’tĭv)
Of or characterized by congestion.

congest con·gest (kən-jěst’)
v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests


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