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congest

/kənˈd͡ʒɛst/

congest noun: a farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.

Noun

congest (plural congests)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) A farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:congest.
    Synonyms:
    smallholder

Verb

congest (third-person singular simple present congests, present participle congesting, simple past and past participle congested)

  1. (transitive) To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.
    • congest traffic
    • congest roads
  2. (intransitive) To become blocked or obstructed
    • Nasal passages can congest during a cold.

congest meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

congest in Tamil

நெரிசல் ஏற்படுத்து, நெருக்கி அடை, திணி, கூட்டம் உண்டாக்கு, திரட்டு

congest in Urdu

اکٹھا کرنا

congest in Bengali

জটলা করা, ঠাসা ফেলা

congest in Kannada

ಕಿಕ್ಕಿರಿ, ಇಡಿಕಿರಿ
More languagesFewer languages
congest in Persian
گرفتن

Synonyms of congest

Forms of congest

Noun
pluralcongests
Verb
third-person singular presentcongests
present participlecongesting
past participlecongested
pastcongested

Words formed from congest

Words that rhyme with congest

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Questions about congest

What does congest mean?
Congest means a farmer whose lands do not support him adequately.
What is congest in Tamil?
Congest in Tamil is நெரிசல் ஏற்படுத்து, நெருக்கி அடை, திணி. See Congest meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is congest?
Congest can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce congest?
Congest is pronounced /kənˈd͡ʒɛst/.
What is the plural of congest?
The plural of congest is congests.

Words near congest in the dictionary

  1. conger morays
  2. congeries
  3. congers
  4. Congerville
  5. conges
  6. congest
  7. congestable
  8. congestant
  9. congested
  10. congestedly
  11. congestedness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: congest (page history and authors); congest (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congest (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congest (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); congest (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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