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- Dictionarypest/pɛst/
noun
- 1. a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.: "the tomato plant attracts a pest called whitefly"
- 2. an annoying person or thing; a nuisance: informal "he was a real pest"
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PEST definition: 1. an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops: 2. an annoying person, especially a…. Learn more.
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.
The meaning of PEST is an epidemic disease associated with high mortality; specifically : plague. How to use pest in a sentence.
Pests are insects or small animals which damage crops or food supplies. ...crops which are resistant to some of the major insect pests and diseases. Each year ten percent of the crop is lost to a pest called corn rootworm.
PEST meaning: 1. an insect or small animal that is harmful or damages crops: 2. an annoying person, especially a…. Learn more.
Pests, such as these termites, often occur in high densities, making the damage they do even more detrimental. A pest is any living thing which humans consider troublesome to themselves, their possessions, or the environment. Pests can cause issues with crops, human or animal health, buildings, and wild areas or larger landscapes.
A pest is something or someone that bugs you. That annoying mosquito that keeps you up at night is a pest, and so is that younger brother who wants to control the TV remote. An unwanted, bothersome person is a pest — and so is an unwanted, bothersome bug.
PEST definition: 1. an animal that causes damage to plants, food, etc: 2. an annoying person. Learn more.
Definition of pest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. 1. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance. 2. An organism, typically an insect, that sickens or annoys humans, hampers human activities, damages crops or food products, harms livestock, or causes damage to buildings. 3. A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence. [French peste, pestilence, from Old French, from Latin pestis .]
