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# infest

verb (infests, infested, infesting)

«infest» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To infest a place is to fill it with many pests or harmful creatures, so that they are a problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/#m1)

### In the lessons

monsters or robbers that overrun a land or road in a tale

### Examples

- Rats infested the old barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/#x1)
- The forest was infested with wolves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/#x2)
- Robbers infested the mountain road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/#x3)
- Fleas infested the dog's bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/#x4)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infest/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«infest» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/infest.html) on Mova free.