INFEST
\ɪnfˈɛst], \ɪnfˈɛst], \ɪ_n_f_ˈɛ_s_t]\
Definitions of INFEST
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"
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occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
By Princeton University
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Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
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To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
By Oddity Software
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Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
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To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates.
By Noah Webster.
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To attack; haunt; overrun; to attack or annoy constantly and in numbers; as, moths infest woolen materials.
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Infestation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
