Associations to the word «Infested»

Wiktionary

INFEST, verb. To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers
INFEST, verb. (pathology) (of a parasite) To invade a host plant or animal
INFEST, adjective. (obsolete) mischievous; hurtful; harassing

Dictionary definition

INFEST, verb. Invade in great numbers; "the roaches infested our kitchen".
INFEST, verb. Occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North".
INFEST, verb. Live on or in a host, as of parasites.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats