Past tense of infest
regular verb
The past tense of infest is infested. The past participle is also infested.
Forms of infest
| Base form (V1) | infest /ɪnˈfɛst/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | infested |
| Past participle (V3) | infested |
| Present participle | infesting |
| Third person singular | infests |
Infested in a sentence
- The infested house needs a thorough cleansing before being inhabitable again.From the entry thorough
- Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.From the entry bedbug
- “A nanite cluster has infested the resort, consuming metal to self-replicate.2024 October 31, Stephanie Amante-Ritter, “The Best Exotic Nanite Hotel” (0:48 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 5…. From the entry nanite
- That triangle of tangled undergrowth was infested with clothes-grabbing burdocks (“buzzies” we called them) and beggar's ticks.2015, Jim Bennet, South End Boy: Growing up in Halifax in the tumultuous '30s and '40s, →ISBN. From the entry buzzie
- Lucuma salicifolia (canistal) and Micropholis mexicana (wild apricot) are the most infested fruit species.2013, Martin Aluja, Fruit Flies: Biology and Management, page 384. From the entry fructification
Meaning of infest
- verb To inhabit a place in unpleasantly large numbers; to plague, harass.
- verb To invade a host plant or animal.
- adjective Mischievous; hurtful; harassing.
Questions about the past tense of infest
- What is the past tense of infest?
- The past tense of infest is infested.
- What is the past participle of infest?
- The past participle of infest is infested.
- Is infest a regular or irregular verb?
- Infest is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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