pest
Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestockAny destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
» Tom is a pest.
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5 sensesAny destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
Schädling
вреди́тельvredítelʹ
шкідни́кškidnýk
any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
An annoying person, a nuisance.
Nervensäge, Quälgeist
вреди́тельvredítelʹ, парази́тparazít
a persistently annoying person
An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
An invasive weed.
(archaic)A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
Seuche, Pest
чума́čumá, морmor
Examples
46 sentencesTom is a pest.
Am I a pest?
deGehe ich dir auf die Nerven? — Yorwba
Oxpeckers rid giraffes of their pests.
Ziri's ivy isn't carrying any pests.
Forest pests have wiped out our trees.
Translations
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Origin
In the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from MiddIn the 16th century in the sense of "pestilence" and specifically bubonic plague from Middle French peste (“pestilence”) (whence French peste). The other meanings are recorded soon after. Ultimately from Latin pestis.
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Forms
plural: pestsSynonyms
8 synonyms- a persistently annoying person:blightercusspesterergadfly
- any epidemic disease with a high death rate:plaguepestilence
- a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal:plaguepestilencepestis