Английский Этимологический словарь - infest
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~ v if insects, rats etc infest a place, they appear in large numbers and usually cause damage (hair infested with lice | shark-infested waters) - infestation n (an infestation of cockroaches) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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(infests, infesting, infested) 1. 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. VERB: V n • infested The prison is infested with rats... ADJ: oft ADJ with n • -infested ...the rat-infested slums where the plague flourished. COMB in ADJ • infestation (infestations) The premises were treated for cockroach infestation... N-VAR: oft n N, N of n 2. 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. Crime and drugs are infesting the inner cities. = overrun VERB: V n c darkgreen]disapproval • infested The road further south was infested with bandits. ADJ • -infested ...the shark-infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef. COMB in ADJ ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: French ~er, from Latin ~are, from ~us hostile Date: 1602 1. to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner a slum ~ed with crime shark-~ed waters 2. to live in or on as a parasite • ~ant noun • ~ation noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (of harmful persons or things, esp. vermin or disease) overrun (a place) in large numbers. Derivatives infestation n. Etymology: ME f. F infester or L infestare assail f. infestus hostile ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. наводнять, осаждать, нападать infested with insects —- кишаший насекомыми the ware house is infested with rats —- склад наводнен крысами 2. паразитировать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. кишеть; наводнять, заполнять (with) Be careful, that muddy water is infested with disease-bearing inserts. ...Англо-русский словарь
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