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Look up: infest

  1. infest
    Of microorganisms and viruses: To contaminate the surface of a plant without establishing an interactive relationship with it; to be present in high numbers in a plant's environment (soil, water, etc.).
    Found on http://ppathw3.cals.cornell.edu/glossary

  2. Infest
    With insects to occupy and cause damage; referring to soil, contaminate by fungi, eelworms or insects To be present in numbers. To introduce a pathogen into the environment of a host. Infestation does not imply disease and is not to be confused with infection.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  3. infest
    [v] - live on or in a host, as of parasites 2. [v] - invade in great numbers, as of pests
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Infest
    In·fest' adjective [ Latin infestus . See Infest , transitive verb ] Mischievous; hurtful; harassing. [ Obsolete] Spenser.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/54

  5. Infest
    In·fest' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Infested ; present participle & verbal noun Infesting .] [ Latin infestare , from infestus disturbed, hostile, troublesome; in in, against + the root of defendere : confer French infester . See Defend .] To trouble greatly by numbers or ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/54

  6. infest
    To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. 'To poison vermin that infest his plants.' (Cowper) 'These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.' ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. infest
    verb invade in great numbers; `the roaches infested our kitchen`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. infest
    verb live on or in a host, as of parasites
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Infest
    *`Infest` can mean to overly populate, much in the same way that cockroaches do. See infestation. *`Infest` is the name of an alternative electronic music festival in the UK *`Infest` is an influential hardcore punk band. *`Infest` is the second full-length album by alternative rock band Papa Roach. *In the computer game StarCraft, infesting is a method of evolution by the Zerg race.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infest

  10. Infest
    • (v. t.) To trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence; to disturb; to annoy; to frequent and molest or harass; as, fleas infest dogs and cats; a sea infested with pirates. • (v. t.) Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. infest
    To occupy a site and dwell ectoparasitically on external surface tissue, as opposed to internally (infect). [L. infesto, pp. -atus, to attack]
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23 November 2009

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At sixteen minutes past five on 23rd November 1963, a British television institution was born. Doctor Who would go on to become the longest-running science-fiction programme in the world, eventually spawning twenty six seasons of adventures from 1963 to 1989. In total, eight actors have played the part of Gallifrey's most famous Time Lord. From the very first - William Hartnell in 1963 - to the very last - Paul McGann, in the 1996 TV Movie - the Doctor has wandered through time and space in his trusty time machine, an old type-40 TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space). Although appearing to be nothing more than a battered blue police box, it is in fact vastly bigger on the inside than on the outside, and always departs with its familiar wheezing, groaning sound. read more

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