Congested
[kən'dʒestɪd] or [kən'dʒɛstɪd]
Definition
(a.) Crowded together.
(a.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperaemic; -- said of any part of the body.
Checker: Norris
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.
Checker: Norris