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[ pest ] / pɛst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pest ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance. an insect or other small animal that harms or destroys garden plants, trees, etc. a deadly epidemic disease, especially a plague; pestilence. Origin of pestFirst recorded in 1545–55, pest is from the Latin word pestis plague SYNONYMS FOR pest1 annoyance. 3 pandemic, scourge, epidemic. SEE SYNONYMS FOR pest ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pestde-pest, verb (used with object)Words nearby pestpessary, pessimism, pessimist, pessimistic, Pessoa, pest, Pestalozzi, pester, pester power, pesthole, pesthouse Definition for pest (2 of 2)[ pest; Hungarian pesht ] / pɛst; Hungarian pɛʃt /
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pestThen 4–1, the commissioners voted to go forward with a test of genetically modified males as pest control devices. Genetically modified mosquitoes have been OK’d for a first U.S. test flight|Susan Milius|August 22, 2020|Science News He wondered if it was the consequence of decades of the dingoes’ status as a livestock pest. Culling dingoes with poison may be making them bigger|Jake Buehler|August 19, 2020|Science News They also sent surveys out to pest control companies around the world. The ‘ratpocalypse’ isn’t nigh, according to service call data|Bethany Brookshire|July 14, 2020|Science News When food disappears, or pest control comes, rat populations fall. Why you’re spotting more wildlife during COVID-19|Bethany Brookshire|June 8, 2020|Science News For Students
That can keep pests in check and limit damage, without unintended harm to pollinators. Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning|Alison Pearce Stevens|May 18, 2020|Science News For Students Scotts Miracle Gro made a pest resistant Kentucky bluegrass in 2011 using the same technology. Plants That Glow in the Dark Spark Heated Debate|Josh Dzieza|August 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST "Earworm" has been around for quite some time to refer to a pest that burrows into the ears of corn. New Words Added to Merriam-Webster Dictionary: ‘Man Cave,’ ‘Sexting,’ and More|Kory L. Stamper|August 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST With one swift ninja movement, Obama swatted the pest with ease, leaving it lifeless on the ground. Obama’s 11 Most Badass Moments (Videos)|Brittany Jones-Cooper|April 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST An exterminator, Dill took a job in Iraq for a company contracted to do pest control on military bases. The War's Quiet Scandal|ProPublica|February 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST Would that a bold action by one whom we know not had rid the land of a pest! The Great Mogul|Louis Tracy There was a “pest house” where victims of small pox were quarantined. The Pinos Altos Story|Dorothy Watson Add to this the pest of potato bugs and it looks as if potatoes were doomed, doesn't it? The Woodcraft Girls at Camp|Lillian Elizabeth Roy It is known as the Pest Basin, and dates from the days when the plague was raging in Shrewsbury, during the seventeenth century. Nooks and Corners of Shropshire|H. Thornhill Timmins Goutweed is a pest in nearly all gardens, and very difficult to get out. Wood and Garden|Gertrude Jekyll
British Dictionary definitions for pest
nouna person or thing that annoys, esp by imposing itself when it is not wanted; nuisance - any organism that damages crops, injures or irritates livestock or man, or reduces the fertility of land
- (as modifier)pest control
rare an epidemic disease or pestilence Word Origin for pestC16: from Latin pestis plague, of obscure origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pestscourge, contagion, infection, virus, plague, epidemic, blight, bug, irritant, irritation, bore, nuisance, creep, annoyance, curse, nudge, nag, exasperation, pill, headache Medical definitions for pest
n.An injurious plant or animal, especially one harmful to humans. A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |