| Congest 1. (v. t.) To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; as to congest a traffic pattern; to bring together; to accumulate. 2. (v. t.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part. Thesaurus Entries bar, bind, block, block up, blockade, brim, bung, caulk, charge, chink, chock, choke, choke off, choke up, clog, clog up, close, compact, compress, concentrate, condense, consolidate, constipate, cork, cover, cram, crowd, dam, dam up, densen, densify, drench, fill, fill to overflowing, fill up, foul, freight, glut, gluttonize, gorge, jam, jam-pack, lade, load, obstipate, obstruct, occlude, overburden, overcharge, overfeed, overfill, overlade, overload, overstuff, overweight, pack, pad, plug, plug up, press, ram down, ram in, satiate, saturate, soak, solidify, spile, squeeze, stanch, stay, stench, stop, stop up, stopper, stopple, stuff, stuff up, supercharge, supersaturate, surcharge, surfeit, top off, wad, weight |