Definition von 'infest

Häufigkeit

infest (ɪnfest )

Wortformen: 3rd person singular present tense infests , present participle infesting , past tense , past participle infested

1. Verb

When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage.

...pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.

infested Adjektiv

The prison is infested with rats.

In less than seven days the infested plants had recovered.

Synonyme:overrun, plagued, crawling, swarming Weitere Synonyme von infest

-infested Affix

...the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished.

infestation (ɪnfesteɪʃən )Wortformen: plural infestations Variables Substantiv

The premises were treated for cockroach infestation.

Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.

2. Verb

If you say that people or things you disapprove of or regard as dangerous are infesting a place, you mean that there are large numbers of them in that place.

[disapproval]

Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities.

Synonyme:overrun, flood, invade, penetrate Weitere Synonyme von infest

infested Adjektiv

The road further south was infested with bandits.

-infested Affix

...the shark-infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

Häufigkeit

infest in American English (ɪnˈfɛst ; infestˈ)

Verb transitiv

to overrun or inhabit in large numbers, usually so as to be harmful or bothersome; swarm in or over

to be parasitic in or on (a host)

Abgeleitete Formen

infestation (ˌinfesˈtation)

Substantiv

infester (inˈfester)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von 'infest'

Fr infester < L infestare, to attack, trouble < infestus, hostile < in-, in + IE base *dhers-, to be bold, attack > dare

Häufigkeit

infest (ɪnˈfɛst )

Verb (transitive)

to inhabit or overrun in dangerously or unpleasantly large numbers

(of parasites such as lice) to invade and live on or in (a host)

Abgeleitete Formen

infestation (ˌinfesˈtation)

Substantiv

infester (inˈfester)

Substantiv

Wortherkunft von 'infest'

C15: from Latin infestāre to molest, from infestus hostile

Beispielsätze, die 'infest' enthalten

My house has been infested by fleas.

Times, Sunday Times (2006)

Flies and wasps also allegedly infested food areas and a pool had human waste in it.

The Sun (2011)

The eradication plan follows a pilot project last year which saw the removal of rats from a tenth of the infested area.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

The children were neglected and smelly, the house infested with mice.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

Then I get here only to find that the place is infested with humans.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In the worst alleged abuses, civilians have been forced at gunpoint to walk ahead of troops as human shields in areas infested with landmines.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Trends von 'infest

Übersetzungen für 'infest'

Britisches Englisch: infest VERB
When creatures such as insects or rats infest plants or a place, they are present in large numbers and cause damage....pests like aphids which infest cereal crops.

Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: infestar
Chinesisch: 侵害虫或老鼠
Europäisches Spanisch: infestar
Französisch: infester
Deutsch: befallen
Italienisch: infestare
Japanisch: 群がる
Koreanisch: >우글거리다곤충이나 동물등이
Portugiesisch: infestar
Spanisch: infestar