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- Dictionaryinfest/ɪnˈfɛst/
verb
- 1. (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease: "the house is infested with cockroaches"
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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.
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 meaning of INFEST is to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner. How to use infest in a sentence. to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner; to live in or on as a parasite…
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.
The verb infest means to invade in large number, often resisting control and causing damage or hardship.
Infest definition: to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, especially as predatory animals or vermin do. See examples of INFEST used in a sentence.
verb. /ɪnˈfest/ [usually passive] Verb Forms. (especially of insects or animals such as rats) to exist in large numbers in a particular place, often causing damage or disease. be infested (with something) The kitchen was infested with ants. shark-infested waters. infest something These parasites infest the gills of freshwater fish.
2 meanings: 1. to inhabit or overrun in dangerously or unpleasantly large numbers 2. (of parasites such as lice) to invade and.... Click for more definitions.
