Associations to the word «Congest»

Wiktionary

CONGEST, noun. (Ireland, Scotland) a tenant living on land whose resources do not support him adequately.
CONGEST, verb. To overfill or overcrowd.

Dictionary definition

CONGEST, verb. Become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope