infest
/ɪnˈfɛst/ verb C1- To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass. · Insects are infesting my basement!
- To invade a host plant or animal.
He/she/it infests · Past infested · Past participle infested · -ing form infesting
Verb forms
- Base form
- infest
- He/she/it
- infests
- Past
- infested
- Past participle
- infested
- -ing form
- infesting
From the library
First of all Carrie Sloane dared Ruby Gillis to climb to a certain point in the huge old willow tree before the front door; which Ruby Gillis, albeit in mortal dread of the fat green caterpillars with which said tree was infested and with the fear of her mother before her eyes if she should tear her new muslin dress, nimbly did, to the discomfiture of the aforesaid Carrie Sloane.
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