infest

[in·fest]

The verb infest means to invade in large number, often resisting control and causing damage or hardship. Bedbugs can infest people's belongings and even their bodies, or mice may infest your kitchen if you leave the cheese out too often.

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Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

Verb
invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen"

Verb
live on or in a host, as of parasites

Verb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

v. t.
Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

v. t.
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.

Infest

In*fest" , a. [L. infestus. See Infest, v. t.] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Infest

In*fest", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infested; p. pr. & vb. n. Infesting.] [L. infestare, fr. infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere: cf. F. infester. See Defend.] 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.

To poison vermin that infest his plants.

These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.

And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.

Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.

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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