infests
Meaning of infests
verb, 3rd person present
- (of insects or animals) be present (in a place or site) in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease.
the house is infested with cockroaches
shark-infested waters
late Middle English (in the sense ‘torment, harass’): from French infester or Latin infestare ‘assail’, from infestus ‘hostile’. The current sense dates from the mid 16th century.
Information about infests
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of infests is: infest.
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CatalanHyphenation of infests
in-fests
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- infests is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
infests synonyms
Meaning spread over or occupy (a place) in large numbers:
Meaning cover the surface of; spread over:
Meaning (of an armed force) enter (a country or region) so as to subjugate or occupy it:
Meaning go into or through (something), especially with force or effort:
Meaning enter or gain access to (an organization, place, etc.) surreptitiously and gradually, especially in order to acquire secret information:
Meaning (especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of:
Meaning spread throughout (something); pervade:
Meaning overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with:
Meaning bury or drown beneath a huge mass of something, especially water:
Meaning (of a problem or difficulty) trouble (someone or something) persistently:
Meaning trouble or annoy (someone) with frequent or persistent requests or interruptions:
Meaning cause continual trouble or distress to:
Meaning moving in or forming a large or dense group:
Meaning be full of or swarming with:
Meaning move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground:
Meaning (especially of hair) short, stiff, and spiky:
Meaning (of a person, animal, or plant) living, not dead:
Meaning sit on and control the movement of (an animal, typically a horse):
Meaning infested with vermin:
Anagrams of infests
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