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con·gest

(kən-jĕst′)

v. con·gest·ed, con·gest·ing, con·gests

v.tr.

1. To overfill or overcrowd: Trucks congested the tunnel.

2. Medicine To cause the accumulation of excessive blood or tissue fluid in (a vessel or organ).

v.intr.

To become congested.

[Latin congerere, congest-, to heap up, crowd together : com-, com- + gerere, to carry.]

con·ges′tion n.

con·ges′tive adj.

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congested

(kənˈdʒɛstɪd)

adj

1. crowded to excess; overfull

2. (Pathology) (of an organ or part) loaded or clogged with blood

3. (of the nose) blocked with mucus

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Adj.

congested - overfull as with blood

engorged

full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

congested

adjective

1. packed (out), crowded, choked, swarming, overcrowded, teeming, jam-packed, bursting at the seams, crammed full, overpopulated, like the Black Hole of Calcutta, hoatching (Scot.) Some areas are congested with both cars and people.
packed (out) empty, half-full, uncrowded, uncongested

2. clogged, jammed, blocked-up, overfilled, stuffed, packed, crammed, overflowing, stuffed-up The arteries in his neck had become fatally congested.
clogged free, clear, unhindered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unhampered, uncongested

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Translations

مُزْدَحِم، مُكْتَظ

přeplněný

overbefolket

überfüllt

encombré

yfirfullur

congestionato congestione

kamšatisperpildytas

pārpildīts

overfylt

aşırı kalabalık

拥挤的

congested

[kənˈdʒestɪd] ADJ

1. [street, building etc] → atestado de gente
to get congested with → llenarse de, atestarse de
it's getting very congested in here → esto se está llenando demasiado

2. (Med) → congestionado

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congested

[kənˈdʒɛstɪd] adj

(MEDICINE) [arteries, lungs] → congestionné(e)

[road, airport, airspace] → encombré(e), congestionné(e); [traffic] → encombré(e)

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congested

adj → überfüllt; (with traffic) → verstopft; (with people also) → voll; pavement → übervoll; (= highly populated) → über(be)völkert; his lungs are congested → in seiner Lunge hat sich Blut angestaut or ist es zu einem Blutstau gekommen

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congested

[kənˈdʒɛstɪd] adj (gen) (Med) → congestionato/a; (telephone lines) → sovraccarico/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

congested

(kənˈdʒestid) adjective

over-crowded; over-full.

conˈgestion (-tʃən) noun

traffic congestion; nasal congestion.

con·gest·ed

a. congestionado-a; en estado de congestión.

congested

adj congestionado

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Indeed, for some unexplained reason, she was bubbling over with congested laughter, the reason for which mere embarrassment set one inquiring.

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A little later the regiment was ordered out of line to relieve the congested front, and through some misplay in the game of battle was not again under fire.

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Hideous thoughts flashed through Raoul's congested brain.

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Then Deesa would go to sleep between Moti Guj's forefeet, and as Deesa generally chose the middle of the public road, and as Moti Guj mounted guard over him, and would not permit horse, foot, or cart to pass by, traffic was congested till Deesa saw fit to wake up.

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His eyes felt congested; he could no longer close them.

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(with a playful allusion to democratic principles) to scramble into the first Brown conveyance in the line, instead of waiting till the cold-and-gin congested nose of one's own coachman gleamed under the portico of the Academy.

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The blood congested in his eyes till they bulged, while the tears ran down his cheeks.

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They congested the doorway, pushing for precedence--resolving themselves at length into a line and moving up step by step.

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He saw a congested flood of wagons, trucks, cabs, vans and street cars filling the vast space where Broadway, Sixth Avenue and Thirly-fourth street cross one another as a twenty-six inch maiden fills her twenty-two inch girdle.

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Nor was this the worst; for not the crew only, but, in many cases, captain and officers as well, would join in the stampede to the diggings; and we found Hobson's Bay the congested asylum of all manner of masterless and deserted vessels.

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All the blood which had seemed congested somewhere below his throat rushed to his face and eyes.

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Scarcely had Vas Kor taken his seat when the flier went quickly into the fast-moving procession, turning presently from the broad and crowded avenue into a less congested street.