Pest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pest|
Brit.
|pest|
noun
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal (syn: pestilence, plague)
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate (syn: pestilence, plague)
- a persistently annoying person (syn: blighter, cuss, gadfly)
- any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate (syn: pestilence, plague)
- a persistently annoying person (syn: blighter, cuss, gadfly)
- any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests
many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides
many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides
Extra examples
These insects are pests for farmers.
You're being a real pest. Would you leave us alone, please?
That child is being the real pest.
Philippe IV was the pest of France.
The farmer used an organic pest control on his crops.
Natural methods of pest control are now taking the place of chemicals.
Word forms
noun
singular: pest
plural: pests
singular: pest
plural: pests
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