Definitions for pest
pɛstpest

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. plague, pestilence, pestnoun

   any epidemic disease with a high death rate

3. pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadflynoun

   a persistently annoying person

4. 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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pestnoun

   A plague, pestilence, epidemic

2. pestnoun

   An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.

3. pestnoun

   An annoying person.

4. pestnoun

   Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers disinterested women.

   Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

5. Etymology: From peste (=modern French), from pestis

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PESTnoun

   Etymology: peste, Fr. pestis, Lat.

   1. Plague; pestilence.

   Let fierce Achilles
   The god propitiate, and the pest assuage. Alexander Pope.

   2. Any thing mischievous or destructive.

   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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pestnoun

   a fatal epidemic disease; a pestilence; specif., the plague

2. Pestnoun

   anything which resembles a pest; one who, or that which, is troublesome, noxious, mischievous, or destructive; a nuisance

3. Etymology: [L. pestis: cf. F. peste.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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Matched Categories

1. • Animal
   • Epidemic Disease
   • Tormentor

Anagrams for pest »

1. pets

2. sept

3. Sept.

4. step

5. spet

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pest in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of pest in a Sentence

1. Manu Ginobili:

   Its just a mouse with wings, when you cant dunk anymore, you have to find a way to make it into the news. So thats what I did. I grabbed a bat. I didnt think it was a big deal. Im going to be retiring soon if anybody has a pest problem.

2. Neil Morrison:

   This research is opening new doors for the future of farming with pest control methods that are non-toxic and pesticide-free.

3. Victor Sedinger:

   Termites swarm in the spring, if there’s a bunch of winged insects flying out of a hole in the woodwork, that’s probably termites. Call a licensed professional pest control company. You’ll save money and trouble in the long run.

4. Donald G. Smith:

   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.

5. Paul Hetherington:

   The vast majority of slugs and snails feed on dead or rotting vegetation so I wouldn't call them the gardener's pest, they get a bad press.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pest
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pest
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pest
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pest