Definitions for plague

Definitions for (noun) plague

Main entry: plague

Definition: an annoyance

Usage: those children are a damn plague


Main entry: plague

Definition: any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)


Main entry: plague, infestation

Definition: a swarm of insects that attack plants

Usage: a plague of grasshoppers


Main entry: pest, pestilence, plague

Definition: any epidemic disease with a high death rate


Main entry: pest, pestilence, pestis, plague

Definition: 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


Definitions for (verb) plague

Main entry: plague, provoke, molest, harass, harry, hassle, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, beset

Definition: annoy continually or chronically

Usage: He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked; This man harasses his female co-workers


Main entry: blight, plague

Definition: cause to suffer a blight

Usage: Too much rain may blight the garden with mold


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