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English noun: pest | |||
| 1. | pest (state) 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 | ||
| Synonyms | pestilence, pestis, plague | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica, plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague, septicemic plague | ||
| 2. | pest (state) any epidemic disease with a high death rate | ||
| Synonyms | pestilence, plague | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | epidemic disease | ||
| 3. | pest (person) a persistently annoying person | ||
| Synonyms | blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persecutor, tormenter, tormentor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | nudnick, nudnik | ||
| 4. | pest (animal) any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. | ||
| Samples | He sprayed the garden to get rid of pests. Many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vermin | ||
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