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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.
A pest is any organism harmful to humans or human concerns. The term is particularly used for creatures that damage crops, livestock, and forestry or cause a nuisance to people, especially in their homes.
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.
Pest definition: . See examples of PEST used in a sentence.
PEST meaning: 1 : an animal or insect that causes problems for people especially by damaging crops often used before another noun; 2 : a person who bothers or annoys other people.
