infest (redirected from infesting)

in·fest  (n-fst)

tr.v. in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests

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.

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[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin nfestre, from nfestus, hostile; see g^whedh- in Indo-European roots.]

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infes·tation n.

in·fester n.

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infest

Verb

to inhabit or overrun (a place, plant, etc.) in unpleasantly large numbers: the area was infested with moles [Latin infestare to molest]

infestation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	infest - invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen" overrun invade, occupy - march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
	2.	infest - occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North" overrun, invade inhabit - be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house"
	3.	infest - live on or in a host, as of parasites inhabit - be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house"

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infest

verb overrun, flood, invade, penetrate, ravage, swarm, throng, beset, permeate

Translations

infest [ɪnˈfɛst] vt → infestar

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infest

v infest [inˈfest]

(of something bad) to swarm over and cover or fill The dog was infested with fleas. vervuil يَجْتاح، يَغْزو، يَنتاب، يَمْتَلئ нападам zamořit angribe; hjemsøge plagen κατακλύζω, κατατρύχω infestar kubisema فرا گرفتن kuhista infester (de) לִשרוֹץ בְּ- सताना biti pun (čega), vrvjeti (čime) eláraszt memenuhi herja á; flæða yfir infestare ～にたかる 들끓다 apnikti apsēsts penuh dengan infesteren være angrepet/dekket av obleźć infestar a năpădi кишеть zamoriť okužiti preplaviti hemsöka, angripa, vara angripen (full) av รังควาญ kaplamak 大批滋生 обсідати; кишіти پھیل جانا tràn lan 大批滋生

n infeˈstation [infe-]

vervuiling إمتلاء، تغطيَه масово нахлуване zamoření angreb; skadedyrsangreb die Plage προσβολή, επίθεση, μάστιγα infestación, plaga saastatus هجوم؛ انبوهی loistartunta infestation שְׁרִיצָה ग्रसन, उत्पीड़न zagađenost, preplavljenost élősdifertőzés kepenuhan plága, ásókn meindÿra eða annarra skaðvalda infestazione ひろがること 들끓음 apnikimas invāzija serangan het vergeven zijn van angrep av skadedyr zarobaczenie infestação infestare; invazie заражение паразитами zamorenie napad; okužba preplavljenost hemsökelse, angrepp [] การรังควาญ kaplama 侵擾 зараження паразитами گھیراؤ sự tràn lan 侵扰