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Meanings of infest in English

Portuguese
invadir
Spanish
plagar

Occupy in large numbers or live on a host.

        invadir
        Usage of infest in English
        1
        Now they infest society clad in the most immaculate of evening clothes.
        From a Girl's Point of View
        2
        Red ants are among the worst plagues that can infest a house.
        The American Frugal Housewife
        3
        These terrible beasts continued to infest the province as late as 1810.
        The Unseen World, and Other Essays
        4
        At these times swarms of sharks of enormous dimensions infest the coast.
        The Bushman — Life in a New Country
        5
        Sharks infest the coasts and render bathing unsafe except behind protecting reefs.
        Santo Domingo: A Country with a Future
        6
        Sin begets sin as fast as the green flies which infest rose-bushes.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Kings Chapters VIII to En...
        7
        As a rule sharks infest only the leeward side of these islands.
        The Wings of the Morning
        8
        I never thought the trait would infest the female half of humanity!
        The Oracle Glass
        9
        Fifth and chiefly, of the Lutheran English pirates who infest those coasts.
        The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 07 of 55 / 1588-1591 ...
        10
        People began to infest the deck, limp and groaning, harassed but voiceless.
        The Hollow of Her Hand
        11
        Vermin infest their youth, and fortunes must be spent for curative powders.
        Triumph of the Egg, and Other Stories
        12
        It isn't so many generations since he used to infest the Pacific.
        The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts an...
        13
        They infest them from May to November, for very little gain apparently.
        Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
        14
        The rats that infest this place kept me company and still do.
        Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1
        15
        They infest us in town; they pursue us to the country.
        Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
        16
        In areas they infest, for example, William's stamina does not replenish.
        The Guardian
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        Translations for infest
        Portuguese
        invadirinfestar
        Spanish
        plagar
        Infest through the time
        Infest across language varieties
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