congested
/kən'dʤestid/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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overfull as with blood
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