Pest — meaning in English
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English meaning
- murrain noun Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
- pest noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
- pestilence noun A deadly, widespread disease; a plague.
- plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
- scourge noun A whip, especially one with several lashes, historically used to punish or torture.
Senses
Pest is used for these senses in English:
- Pest The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the eastern side of the Danube.
- murrain (countable, veterinary disease, chiefly, historical) Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
- pest (now, _, rare) A pestilence, i.e. a deadly epidemic, a deadly plague.
- pestilence Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
- plague (often used with the, sometimes capitalized: the Plague) The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- scourge A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
murrain — full definition
- noun Infectious disease; pestilence, plague; (countable) sometimes used in curses such as a murrain on someone: an outbreak of such a disease; a plague.
- noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution; a plague.
- noun Any of several highly infectious diseases of cattle or other livestock, such as anthrax, babesiosis, or rinderpest; or a particular epizootic thereof; also, an infectious disease affecting other animals, such as poultry.
- noun An infectious disease affecting plants.
pest — full definition
- noun An insect or animal that damages crops, spreads disease, or is otherwise harmful.
- noun An annoying person, especially one who keeps bothering others.