Новый большой англо-русский словарь - infest
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infest
1. наводнять, осаждать, нападать infested with insects —- кишаший насекомыми the ware house is infested with rats —- склад наводнен крысами 2. паразитировать
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v. кишеть; наводнять, заполнять (with) Be careful, that muddy water is infested with disease-bearing inserts. ...Англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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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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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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(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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~ 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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- early 15c., from M.Fr. infester, from L. infestare "to attack," from infestus "hostile, dangerous," originally "inexorable." Originally in M.E. "hurt, distress, annoy," sense of "swarm over in large numbers" first recorded 1602. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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