What does PEST mean?
Definitions for PEST
pɛstpest
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word PEST.
Princeton's WordNet
plague, pestilence, pest, pestisnoun
a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
plague, pestilence, pestnoun
any epidemic disease with a high death rate
pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun
a persistently annoying person
pestnoun
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
"he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"
Wiktionary
pestnoun
A plague, pestilence, epidemic
pestnoun
An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
pestnoun
An annoying person.
pestnoun
Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.
Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!
Etymology: From peste (=modern French), from pestis
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PESTnoun
Etymology: peste, Fr. pestis, Lat.
Let fierce Achilles
The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Alexander Pope.The pest a virgin’s face and bosom bears,
High on her crown a rising snake appears,
Guards her black front, and hisses in her hairs. Alexander Pope.At her words the hellish pest
Forbore. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Of all virtues justice is the best;
Valour without it is a common pest. Edmund Waller.
ChatGPT
pest
A pest is any animal, insect, plant or organism that causes harm, annoyance, or undesirable impacts on human activities or in natural ecological settings. This might include causing damage to crops, structures, or contaminating food sources. Pests can also carry diseases that pose health risks to humans and other animals. It is a subjective term, as one person's pest may be another's valued resource.
Webster Dictionary
Pestnoun
a fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague
Pestnoun
anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance
Etymology: [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Pest
pest, n. a deadly disease: a plague: anything destructive: a troublesome person.—n. Pest′house, a hospital for persons afflicted with any contagious disease.—adj. Pestif′erous, contagious: pestilent: annoying.—adv. Pestif′erously.—n. Pest′ilence, any contagious deadly disease: anything that is hurtful to the morals.—adjs. Pest′ilent, producing pestilence: hurtful to health and life: mischievous: corrupt: troublesome; Pestilen′tial, of the nature of pestilence: producing pestilence: destructive.—advs. Pestilen′tially, Pest′ilently. [Fr. peste—L. pestis, a contagious disease.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of PEST in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of PEST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of PEST in a Sentence
I think people know about the pest, I think they’re just now becoming aware of how serious this pest is going to be.
If someone cheats you, get your money back. If someone slanders you, call him to account. If someone makes a promise, see that it is kept If you have to be a pest, then be one, and be proud of it.
This is an enormous new tool for researchers interested in controlling this pest, bed bugs are now very widespread in most major cities around the world, and they have increasingly become resistant to insecticides, making them harder to control.
Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may.
Every state is in the same situation right now that has the Emerald Ash Borer, they’re looking at ‘how do we take down all of these trees, what do we do with all of the wood-waste?’ Nobody has the silver bullet. This is a pest that’s here, it’s in the United States, and we’re going to have to deal with it.
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- آفةArabic
- pesta, plagaCatalan, Valencian
- plageånd, plage, skadedyr, pestilensDanish
- Schädling, Nervensäge, QuälgeistGerman
- μάστιγα, λοιμός, πανούκλα, πληγή, ζιζάνιοGreek
- plagoEsperanto
- moscardón, pestilencia, epidemia, peste, parásitoSpanish
- kiusankappale, kiusanhenki, maanvaiva, tuhoeläinFinnish
- insecte, pesteFrench
- plàighScottish Gaelic
- kártevőHungarian
- meindýrIcelandic
- pesteItalian
- 害虫Japanese
- მავნებელიGeorgian
- pestLatin
- pōrearea, nanakia, orotā, kīreareaMāori
- plaag, lastpak, pestDutch
- doo yildiniiNavajo, Navaho
- szkodnikPolish
- pragaPortuguese
- dăunătorRomanian
- мор, чума́, вреди́тель, парази́тRussian
- dosadnjáković, štȅtnīk, štetòčina, dosàdnjākSerbo-Croatian
- ศัตรูพืชThai
- haşereTurkish
- dämabanimil, minimil, dämabaplan, dämabanim, dämabanäsäkVolapük
- pesseWalloon
- פּעסטYiddish
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