congested

/kən'dʤestid/

Thân thiện

The highway is congested with slow-moving traffic.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Overfull, blocked, or clogged: Describes a condition where something is excessively full or obstructed, often leading to impaired flow or function. This commonly refers to physical spaces like roads or bodily organs.
   • Affected with an excessive accumulation of blood or fluid: A medical term describing a part of the body that is abnormally full of blood or other fluid, often due to inflammation or poor circulation.

Examples of Usage

• General Usage:
  • The city center is always congested during rush hour. (The roads are excessively full of traffic.)
  • The airport was congested with holiday travelers. (The airport was overcrowded with people.)
• Medical Usage:
  • Her nose was congested from the cold. (Her nasal passages were blocked with mucus.)
  • The doctor noted his congested lungs. (His lungs were overfull with fluid or blood.)

Advanced Usage

• "to become congested": to reach a state of being blocked or overfull.
  • The network can become congested during peak usage times.
• "congested area": a specific place that is overcrowded or has heavy traffic.
  • Emergency vehicles struggled to reach the congested area.

Variants and Related Words

• Congestion (noun): The state of being congested.
  • Traffic congestion is a major problem.
  • Nasal congestion is a common symptom.
• Congest (verb): To cause to become congested. (Less common in everyday use than the adjective).
  • Heavy traffic congests the highways every evening.

Synonyms

• Clogged: Blocked, usually with a mass of material.
• Jam-packed: Extremely crowded or full.
• Overcrowded: Filled with more people or things than is comfortable or safe.
• Blocked: Obstructed, preventing passage or flow.

Related Phrases

• "congested with": filled or overloaded with something specific.
  • The streets were congested with protestors.
• "ease congestion": to reduce or relieve the state of being congested.
  • The new road was built to ease congestion.

Related Idioms

• "A bottleneck": A point of congestion or obstruction. While not containing the word "congested," it describes a similar situation of blockage that causes slowdowns.
  • The merger of two lanes created a traffic bottleneck.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. overfull as with blood

Từ đồng nghĩa

• engorged