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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 people or things) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers in a place: be infested with In summer the town is infested with far too many tour groups. This is a great restaurant with lots of character, unlike many of the tourist bars that infest the town. Fewer examples.
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.
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.
1. : to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner. a slum infested with crime. shark-infested waters. 2. : to live in or on as a parasite. infestant. in-ˈfe-stənt. noun. infestation. ˌin-ˌfe-ˈstā-shən. noun. infester. in-ˈfe-stər. noun. Synonyms. overrun. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of infest 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.
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."
verb (used with object) to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do: I had a major problem with cockroaches infesting my kitchen. The emerald ash borer has already infested many of the local ash trees.
(ɪnˈfɛst ) verb (transitive) 1. to inhabit or overrun in dangerously or unpleasantly large numbers.
Apr 26, 2024 · Infested: Directed by Sébastien Vanicek. With Théo Christine, Sofia Lesaffre, Jérôme Niel, Lisa Nyarko. Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
