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pest
1[ pest ]
Pest
2[ pest; Hungarian pesht ]
noun
- Budapest
pest
/ pɛst /
noun
- a 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
Other Words From
- de-pest verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of pest1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pest1
Example Sentences
Bassett sounded off on the importance of eradicating problem pest areas.
Scotts Miracle Gro made a pest resistant Kentucky bluegrass in 2011 using the same technology.
"Earworm" has been around for quite some time to refer to a pest that burrows into the ears of corn.
With one swift ninja movement, Obama swatted the pest with ease, leaving it lifeless on the ground.
And, for a year or so after they first met, he was an incorrigible pest.
What has happened between you and the communiers, whom may the pest carry off and hell confound!
It is an animal not less mischievous than it is deformed; it is the pest of man, and the torment of other animals.
All weapons seemed lawful against such a mere pest as this—a dog in the manger.
They do not live in fixed abodes, but shift about in search of game or plunder, and are deemed a pest by the Santa Fe traders.
That Arabic word, picked up at hazard from the dragoman, has acted like a talisman—the pest has actually gone!
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