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CONGEST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become or cause to become obstructed

Example:

The water pipe is backed up

Synonyms:

back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "congest" is one way to...):

block; close up; impede; jam; obstruct; obturate; occlude (block passage through)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "congest"):

gum up (stick together as if with gum)

crap up (become obstructed or chocked up)

block; choke up; lug; stuff (obstruct)

silt; silt up (become chocked with silt)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

congestion (excessive crowding)

congestive (relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid)

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