congested
adjective
[ kənˈdʒɛstɪd ]
• (of a road or place) so crowded with traffic or people as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
• "the congested streets of the West End"
Similar:
crowded,
overcrowded,
full,
overfull,
overflowing,
full to overflowing/bursting,
crammed full,
cram-full,
thronged,
packed,
jammed,
teeming,
swarming,
overloaded,
obstructed,
impeded,
blocked (up),
clogged,
choked,
plugged,
stopped up,
snarled up,
gridlocked,
jam-packed,
heaving,
like Piccadilly Circus,
• (of a part of the body) abnormally full of blood.
• "congested arteries"
Origin:
late Middle English (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate’): from Latin congerere ‘heap up’, from con- ‘together’ + gerere ‘bring’.
congest
verb
• crowd (a road or place) so as to hinder or prevent freedom of movement.
• "uncontrolled development will congest our streets"
• cause (a part of the body) to fill abnormally with blood or other fluid.
• "high-pressured adrenaline congested my veins"
