infest
11infest — [adj] flood, overrun abound, annoy, assail, beset, crawl, crowd, defile, fill, flock, harass, harry, infect, invade, overspread, overwhelm, pack, penetrate, pester, plague, pollute, press, ravage, swarm, teem, throng, worry; concepts 14,86,179 …
12infest — ► VERB ▪ (of insects or organisms) be present in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease. DERIVATIVES infestation noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «torment, harass»: from Latin infestare assail …
13infest — [in fest′] vt. [Fr infester < L infestare, to attack, trouble < infestus, hostile < in , in + IE base * dhers , to be bold, attack > DARE] 1. to overrun or inhabit in large numbers, usually so as to be harmful or bothersome; swarm in… …
14infest — UK [ɪnˈfest] / US verb [transitive] Word forms infest : present tense I/you/we/they infest he/she/it infests present participle infesting past tense infested past participle infested 1) if animals or insects infest a place, there are very many of …
15infest — in|fest [ınˈfest] v [T usually passive] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: infester, from Latin, from infestus angry and unfriendly ] 1.) if insects, rats etc infest a place, there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage be infested with …
16infest — in|fest [ ın fest ] verb transitive 1. ) if animals or insects infest a place, there are very many of them in it, so that they might cause damage or disease: be infested by/with something: The entire house was infested with mice. 2. ) INFORMAL to …
17infest — [[t]ɪnfe̱st[/t]] infests, infesting, infested 1) VERB When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. [V n] ...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops. Derived words:… …
18infest — infester, n. /in fest /, v.t. 1. to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, esp. as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline. 2. to be numerous in, as anything undesirable or troublesome: the… …
19infest — verb Infest is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑vermin …
20infest — verb (T) if insects, rats etc infest a place, they appear in large numbers and usually cause damage (+ with): hair infested with lice | shark infested waters infestation / Infe steISFn/ noun (C, U): an infestation of cockroaches …
