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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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A pest is an insect or small animal that harms crops or plants, or an annoying person, especially a child. Learn more about the meaning, usage and origin of the word pest with Cambridge Dictionary.
A pest is an insect or small animal that harms crops or plants, or an annoying person, especially a child. Learn more about the meaning, usage and collocations of pest with Cambridge Dictionary.
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.
1. : an epidemic disease associated with high mortality. specifically : plague. 2. : something resembling a pest in destructiveness. especially : a plant or animal detrimental to humans or human concerns (such as agriculture or livestock production) 3. : one that pesters or annoys : nuisance. pesty. ˈpe-stē. adjective. Synonyms. pestilence. plague.
A pest is an insect or small animal which damages crops or food supplies. There are very few insect pests or diseases in this country. American English : pest / ˈpɛst /
Pest definition: an annoying or troublesome person, animal, or thing; nuisance.. See examples of PEST used in a sentence.
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.
