infest
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
invade in great numbers
the roaches infested our kitchen
Types & categories
- invade hypernym
Related & opposite
- infestation derivation
- infestation derivation
Sense 2 verb
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
Types & categories
- inhabit hypernym
Related & opposite
- intrusion derivation
- infestation derivation
- infestation derivation
Sense 3 verb
live on or in a host, as of parasites
Types & categories
- inhabit hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infestation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infestation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | invade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | intrusion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | infestation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | infestation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhabit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inhabit |