infest
verb (infests, infested, infesting)
Everyday
To infest a place is to fill it with many pests or harmful creatures, so that they are a problem. tree →
In the lessons
monsters or robbers that overrun a land or road in a tale
Examples
- Rats infested the old barn. tree →
- The forest was infested with wolves. tree →
- Robbers infested the mountain road. tree →
- Fleas infested the dog's bed. tree →
Note
infest gives no count; it only says there are very many, so no number is used
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «infest» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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