Definition of "congesting" [congesting]

• Present participle of congest. (verb)

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• "In prepared testimony for delivery to the Congressional Oversight Panel that monitors Treasury's efforts to bail out troubled banks, Geithner said toxic assets were "congesting" the U.S. financial system and making it hard to get credit flowing normally again."
• "Testifying before the Congressional Oversight Panel that monitors the Treasury's efforts to bail out troubled banks, he said toxic assets were "congesting" the U.S. financial system and hindering efforts to get credit flowing normally."
• "With Rossi, we not only lose the bacon but we know he'd spend what he can get in all the wrong climate spewing, sprawl inducing and traffic congesting ways of the past."