Definition of infest

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Infest (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..

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Bugginess :: Bugginess (a.) The state of being infested with bugs.
Haematozoon :: Haematozoon (n.) The trematode, Bilharzia haematobia, which infests the inhabitants of Egypt and other parts of Africa, often causing death..
Pester :: Pester (v. t.) To crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest.
Mothy :: Mothy (a.) Infested with moths; moth-eaten.
Bedbug :: Bedbug (n.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix..
Plague :: Plague (v. t.) To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind..
Weeviled :: Weeviled (a.) Infested by weevils; as, weeviled grain..
Rebeldom :: Rebeldom (n.) A region infested by rebels; rebels, considered collectively; also, conduct or quality characteristic of rebels..
Strongyloid :: Strongyloid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Strongylus, a genus of parasitic nematode worms of which many species infest domestic animals. Some of the species, especially those living in the kidneys, lungs, and bronchial tubes, are often very injurious..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries..
Carpintero :: Carpintero (n.) A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvae, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird..
Mosstrooper :: Mosstrooper (n.) One of a class of marauders or bandits that formerly infested the border country between England and Scotland; -- so called in allusion to the mossy or boggy character of much of the border country.
Infestuous :: Infestuous (a.) Mischievous; harmful; dangerous.
Lousy :: Lousy (a.) Infested with lice.
Buggy :: Buggy (a.) Infested or abounding with bugs.
Caprification :: Caprification (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects..
Mohawk :: Mohawk (n.) One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians..
Wormil :: Wormil (n.) Any botfly larva which burrows in or beneath the skin of domestic and wild animals, thus producing sores. They belong to various species of Hypoderma and allied genera. Domestic cattle are often infested by a large species. See Gadfly. Called also warble, and worble..
Infesttation :: Infesttation (n.) The act of infesting or state of being infested; molestation; vexation; annoyance.
Infester :: Infester (n.) One who, or that which, infests..
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