Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Verb: infest  in'fest
  1. Live on or in a host, as of parasites
    "Fleas infested the dog's fur"
     
  2. Occupy in large numbers or live on a host
    "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North";
    - invade, overrun
     
  3. Invade in great numbers
    "the roaches infested our kitchen";
    - overrun

Derived forms: infests, infested, infesting

Type of: inhabit, invade, occupy

Encyclopedia: Infest