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verb [ T ] uk / ɪnˈfest / us / ɪnˈfest / (of animals and insects that carry disease) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers: be infested with The barn was infested with rats. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Passing on illness & causing disease. aerosolize. avirulent. communicability. community transmission. contact tracer
(of animals, insects) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers, spreading disease or causing damage or danger : be infested withThe barn was infested with rats. The swamp is infested by spiders of all sorts. Plant matter left in the field provides food for termites, which may infest the new crop.
Infested definition: overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner by predatory animals or vermin (often used in combination). See examples of INFESTED used in a sentence.
infest. verb [ T ] uk / ɪnˈfest / us / ɪnˈfest /. (of animals and insects that carry disease) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers: be infested with The barn was infested with rats. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Passing on illness & causing disease. aerosolize. avirulent.
verb. in· fest in-ˈfest. infested; infesting; infests. Synonyms of infest. transitive verb. 1. : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner. a slum infested with crime. shark-infested waters.
1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs. 2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.
The verb infest means to invade in large number, often resisting control and causing damage or hardship. Bedbugs can infest people's belongings and even their bodies, or mice may infest your kitchen if you leave the cheese out too often. Infest comes from Latin: in- means "not" and festus means "able to be seized."
