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.

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.

be infested with Without an antivirus firewall, your computer will become infested with viruses. This is a type of spyware from the Internet that can infest your computer.

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

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.

Infest comes from Latin: in- means "not" and festus means "able to be seized." So infest describes something is not able to be seized, typically because it's present in such large numbers. For …

• 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.