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DISINFEST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disinfest mean?
• DISINFEST (verb)
The verb DISINFEST has 1 sense:
1. rid of vermin
Familiarity information: DISINFEST used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they disinfest ... he / she / it disinfests
Past simple: disinfested
Past participle: disinfested
-ing form: disinfesting
... he / she / it disinfests Past simple: disinfested
Past participle: disinfested
-ing form: disinfesting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rid of vermin
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
The exterminator disinfests the house
Hypernyms (to "disinfest" is one way to...):
disembarrass; free; rid (relieve from)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
disinfestation (the activity of getting rid of vermin)
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