Congest
[kən'dʒest] or [kən'dʒɛst]
Definition
(v. t. ) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.
(v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
Editor: Verna
Definition
v.t. to bring together or heap up: to accumulate.—adjs. Congest′ed affected with an unnatural accumulation of blood: overcrowded; Congest′ible.—n. Congest′ion an accumulation of blood in any part of the body: fullness: an overcrowded condition.—adj. Congest′ive indicating or tending to congestion.
Checker: Zachariah
Examples
- Being in a narrow street and a congested district, the plant needed special facilities for the handling of coal and ashes, as well as for ventilation and forced draught. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She waited, and Rosedale, congested with embarrassment, muttered that he remembered something of the kind. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- This last was quite a long sentence to shout and the officer's face was red and congested as he finished. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Both of them were blue-lipped and insensible, with swollen, congested faces and protruding eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Sonya