English words for 'Excessive infestation.'
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adj
noun
adj
- Spreading in the manner of pestilence. (of illnesses)
- During which pestilence spreads. (of a period of time)
- Caused by pestilence. (of symptoms)
- Producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
- (figurative) Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence).
- (figurative) Causing irritation or annoyance.
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
noun
- The state of being infested or consumed by worms.
- A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.
- a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
adj
- dirty and infested with rats
- Infested with rats.
- showing signs of wear and tear
- of or characteristic of rats
- Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- (originally British) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
- In poor condition or repair.
- (Australia) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
noun
adj
- epidemic over a wide geographical area
- existing everywhere
- (usually derogatory) General, widespread.
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic (“of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.”).
- (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.
noun
noun
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
- excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
- a profusion of growth on or over something else
noun
- An instance of overrunning.
- (food) Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
- (aviation) An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
- (printing) A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.
- The amount by which something overruns.
- too much production or more than expected
verb
- (intransitive) To continue for too long.
- (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- (transitive) To run past; to run beyond.
- (transitive) To run past the end of.
- (printing, transitive) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
- (transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
- (transitive) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
- (transitive) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
- invade in great numbers
- seize the position of and defeat
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- run beyond or past
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
adj
verb
- (transitive) To infest or overrun.
- To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
- (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
- (transitive) To move into.
- To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
noun
- The state of being infested or consumed by worms.
- A pattern of irregular wavy lines resembling worms or their casts or tracks, found on the plumage of birds, used to decorate artworks and buildings, etc.
- a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings
- the process of wavelike muscle contractions of the alimentary tract that moves food along
noun
- An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
- Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
- A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
- A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
- excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
- a profusion of growth on or over something else
noun
- An instance of overrunning.
- (food) Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
- (aviation) An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
- (printing) A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.
- The amount by which something overruns.
- too much production or more than expected
verb
- (intransitive) To continue for too long.
- (transitive) To infest, swarm over, flow over.
- (transitive) To run past; to run beyond.
- (transitive) To run past the end of.
- (printing, transitive) To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
- (transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
- (transitive) To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
- (transitive) To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
- invade in great numbers
- seize the position of and defeat
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
- run beyond or past
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
verb
- (transitive) To infest or overrun.
- To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some other unpleasant situation.
- (transitive) To enter by force, usually in order to conquer.
- (transitive) To move into.
- To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
- to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
- march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
- occupy in large numbers or live on a host
- penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way
adj
noun
adj
- Spreading in the manner of pestilence. (of illnesses)
- During which pestilence spreads. (of a period of time)
- Caused by pestilence. (of symptoms)
- Producing, spreading, promoting or infected with pestilence; causing infection. (of people, animals, places or substances)
- (figurative) Having a harmful moral effect (especially one that is believed to spread in the manner of pestilence).
- (figurative) Causing irritation or annoyance.
- likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
adj
- dirty and infested with rats
- Infested with rats.
- showing signs of wear and tear
- of or characteristic of rats
- Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
- (originally British) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.
- In poor condition or repair.
- (Australia) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
noun
adj
- epidemic over a wide geographical area
- existing everywhere
- (usually derogatory) General, widespread.
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology, rare) Alternative letter-case form of Pandemic (“of Aphrodite Pandemos, the earthly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the heavenly aspect known as Aphrodite Urania: earthly, physical, sensual.”).
- (epidemiology) Of a disease: epidemic over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population; also, of or pertaining to a disease of this nature.