English > congest: 1 sense > verb 1, contactMeaning | Become or cause to become obstructed. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | clog, choke off, clog up, back up, choke, foul |
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Narrower | crap up | Become obstructed or chocked up |
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gum up | stick together as if with gum |
silt up, silt | Become chocked with silt |
stuff, lug, choke up, block | obstruct |
Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
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Opposite | unclog | Become or cause to become unobstructed |
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Spanish | asfixiar, atascar, atorar, atrancar, congestionar, empantanar, obstruir |
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Catalan | asfixiar, embussar-se, embussar, empantanar, empantanegar-se, encallar-se, encallar, enfangar, obstruir, tapar-se |
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Adjectives | congestive | relating to or affected by an abnormal collection of blood or other fluid |
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Nouns | congestion | excessive crowding |
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