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What (who) is infest - definition
ALTERNATIVE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL IN BRADFORD, UK SINCE 1998
InFest; InFest Festival; Infest (Festival)
infest
(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 [disapproval]
• infested
The road further south was infested with bandits.
ADJ
• -infested
...the shark-infested waters of the Great Barrier Reef.
COMB in ADJ
infest
¦ verb (of insects or organisms) be present in large numbers, typically so as to cause damage or disease.
Derivatives
infestation noun
Origin
ME (in the sense 'torment, harass'): from Fr. infester or L. infestare 'assail', from infestus 'hostile'.
Wikipedia
Infest (festival)
Infest (originally stylised as InFest) is an annual three-day music festival held at the University of Bradford Union in the United Kingdom, featuring alternative electronic music acts, from genres including industrial, EBM, futurepop, synth-pop and power noise. The event usually takes place on the August bank holiday weekend.
Examples of use of infest
1. They now infest nearly 3,600 square miles of forest in the two states.
2. Why the armies of sleazemongering lobbyists who indeed infest every nook and cranny of the capital?
3. The only problem was that these insects do not infest tea –– or sesame seeds for that matter.
4. "Morris dancing!" MPs cried merrily, for everybody hates morris dancers, especially when they infest pub gardens.
5. It‘s bad enough having vermin in our rubbish without having them infest the Town Hall, too.