congested

congested

/kənˈdʒestɪd/

1 ​congested (with something) crowded; full of traffic

congested city streets

Many of Europe's airports are heavily congested.

The roads to Bordeaux were heavily congested.

controllers trying to manage increasingly congested airports

one of the nation's most chronically congested airports

Traffic engineers believe that the new road could free up congested city streets.

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2 ​(medical) (of a part of the body) blocked with blood or mucus

Word Origin

late Middle English (as congest in the sense ‘heap up, accumulate’): from Latin congerere ‘heap up’, from con- ‘together’ + gerere ‘bring’.