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[inˈfest]
verb
infested (past tense) · infested (past participle) · -infested (adjective)

(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" · "shark-infested waters"
Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘torment, harass’): from French infester or Latin infestare ‘assail’, from infestus ‘hostile’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century.
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(of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease:
overrun
take over
overspread
invade
penetrate
infiltrate
pervade
permeate
inundate
overwhelm
beset
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plague
swarming
teeming
crawling
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spread through
swarm over
crawl over
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vermined
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What does infested mean?
Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. INFESTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of infest 2. (of animals and insects that carry disease) to….
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What is infest verb?
Definition of infest verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (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. infest something These parasites infest the gills of freshwater fish.
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What does infestation mean?
in•fes•ta•tion /ˌɪnfɛˈsteɪʃən/ n. [countable] infestations of bees in their roof. [uncountable] the infestation of the roof. 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.
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What does it mean if someone infests a place?
1. When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage. [...] 2. If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place. [disapproval] [...] present simple: I infest, you infest [...]
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WEBThe meaning of INFEST is to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner. How to use infest in a sentence.
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WEB(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 …
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WEBInfested definition: overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner by predatory animals or vermin (often used in combination). See examples of INFESTED …
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WEBINFEST definition: 1. (of animals, insects) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers, spreading disease or…. Learn more.
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WEB1. 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 …
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WEBThe 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 …
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WEBInfest 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 …
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WEBinfest. 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 …
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INFESTED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
WEB(ɪnˈfɛstɪd ) adjective. invaded by parasites. In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered. The prison is infested with rats. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © …
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INFEST definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
WEB1. to inhabit or overrun in dangerously or unpleasantly large numbers. 2. (of parasites such as lice) to invade and live on or in (a host) Collins English Dictionary.
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INFESTED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
WEBverb [ 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 …
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WEB1. 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 …
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WEBInfest definition: To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious.
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INFEST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
WEBINFEST meaning: 1. (of animals, insects) to cause a problem by being present in large numbers, spreading disease or…. Learn more.
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WEBINFEST definition: If insects, animals, weeds (= plants you do not want), etc infest a place, they cause problems by…. Learn more.
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WEBINFEST meaning: to be in or over (a place, an animal, etc.) in large numbers often used as (be) infested
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INFEST definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary
WEBIf you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place. [ disapproval ] …
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WEBINFEST meaning: If insects, animals, weeds (= plants you do not want), etc infest a place, they cause problems by…. Learn more.
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INFESTED definition in American English - Collins Online Dictionary
WEB(ɪnˈfɛstɪd ) adjective. invaded by parasites. In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered. The prison is infested with rats. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © …
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grade
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trade
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