The meaning of INFEST is to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner. How to use infest in a sentence.

INFESTED definition: overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner by predatory animals or vermin (often used in combination). See examples of infested used in a sentence.

-INFESTED definition: 1. used to form adjectives meaning that a place has harmful animals, insects, or something else…. Learn more.

To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.

Definition of 'infested' infested in British English (ɪnˈfɛstɪd ) adjective invaded by parasites

INFEST meaning: to be in or over (a place, an animal, etc.) in large numbers often used as (be) infested

The word 'infested' originates from the Latin word 'infestare', which means 'to assail, disturb, molest'. The term has been used in English since the 15th century to describe the invasion or presence of …

to live in or overrun to an unwanted degree or in a troublesome manner, esp. as predatory animals or vermin do: Sharks infested the coastline. to be numerous in, as anything undesirable or troublesome: …

Definition of infest verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

• The house she lives in is infested with cockroaches, and damp is coming through the ceiling. • Fish do scratch, and this does not mean they are infested with gill flukes.