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1. (v.t.) infest
to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner.
2. infest
to cause to suffer a prevalence of.
Etymology: (1375–1425; ME < L infestāre to assail, molest, der. of infestus hostile)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) infest, overrun
invade in great numbers
"the roaches infested our kitchen"
2. (verb) invade, overrun, infest
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
"the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"
3. (verb) infest
live on or in a host, as of parasites
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1. (verb) infest
mischievous; hurtful; harassing
2. (verb) infest
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
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Sense: (of something bad) to swarm over and cover or fill
The dog was infested with fleas.
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 Afrikaans: vervuil |
 Arabic: يَجْتاح، يَغْزو، يَنتاب، |
 Bulgarian: нападам |
 Brazilian: infestar |
 Czech: zamořit |
 German: plagen |
 Danish: angribe; hjemsøge |
 Greek: κατακλύζω, κατατρύχω |
 Spanish: infestar |
 Estonian: kubisema |
 Farsi: فرا گرفتن |
 Finnish: kuhista |
 French: infester (de) |
 Hebrew: לִשרוֹץ בְּ- |
 Hindi: सताना |
 Croatian: biti pun (čega), vrvjeti |
 Hungarian: eláraszt |
 Indonesian: memenuhi |
 Icelandic: herjaá; flæða yfir |
 Italian: infestare |
 Japanese: ～にたかる |
 Korean: 들끓다, 횡행하다 |
 Lithuanian: apnikti |
 Latvian: apsēsts |
 Malay: penuh dengan |
 Dutch: infesteren |
 Norwegian: være angrepet/dekket av |
 Polish: obleźć |
 Persian: فرا گرفتن |
 Pashto: فرا نیول |
 Portuguese: infestar |
 Romanian: a năpădi |
 Russian: кишеть |
 Slovak: zamoriť |
 Slovenian: okužiti |
 Serbian: preplaviti |
 Swedish: hemsöka, angripa, vara an |
 Thai: รังควาญ |
 Turkish: kaplamak |
 Taiwanese: 大批出沒 |
 Ukrainian: обсідати; кишіти |
 Urdu: پھیل جانا |
 Vietnamese: tràn lan |
 Chinese: 大批滋生，大批出没 |
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