pest
IPA: pˈɛst
noun
- (now rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
- Any destructive insect that attacks crops or livestock; an agricultural pest.
- An annoying person, a nuisance.
- An animal regarded as a nuisance, destructive, or a parasite, vermin.
- An invasive weed.
- (historical) One of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
- The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
- A county in central Hungary, surrounding Budapest.
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Examples of "pest" in Sentences
- When we called the pest control company, the manager was perplexed.
- "We called the pest control company," said Sharon Cao, spokeswoman for the restaurant.
- Someone wants a computer but neither pillar nor pest is willing to leave of their own accord if the other one can stay ... so ...
- I find it very amusing that the TV special about the next supercomet destroying the planet is sponsered by Orkin, the leader in pest control.
- The flea we might now regard as a pest, and the rat upon which the flea rode we would also classify as a pest, but back then, the word pest didn't apply to either.
- Officially known as the brown marmorated stink bug, the pest is native to Asia and was discovered in Pennsylvania in 1998, according to entomologists at Penn State University.
- The term pest derives from the Latin pestis for plague and is used to describe plants (weeds), vertebrates, insects, mites, pathogens and other organisms that occur where we do not want them.
- The most attractive biological control technique is the introduction and permanent establishment of exotic species for long term pest suppression (known as classical biological control) because once in place no further input is required.
- I called my pest control company and they came right out and took care of these crazy little guys. they were starting to take over my backyard behind my pool… luckily they were killed before they got to my pool pump- apparently that is costly. my pest control company totally got rid of them, their name is Proguard Pest control. love them!
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