'Plague' definitions:

Definition of 'plague'

(from WordNet)
noun
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 [syn: plague, pestilence, pest, pestis]
noun
Any epidemic disease with a high death rate [syn: plague, pestilence, pest]
noun
A swarm of insects that attack plants; "a plague of grasshoppers" [syn: infestation, plague]
noun
Any large scale calamity (especially when thought to be sent by God)
noun
An annoyance; "those children are a damn plague"
verb
Cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague]
verb
Annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke]

Definition of 'Plague'

From: GCIDE
  • Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to Gr. ?, fr. ? to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat. Cf. Plaint.]
  • 1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or vexation. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster]
  • The different plague of each calamity. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague. "A plague upon the people fell." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • Cattle plague. See Rinderpest.
  • Plague mark, Plague spot, a spot or mark of the plague; hence, a token of something incurable. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Plague'

From: GCIDE
  • Plague \Plague\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plagued; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaguing.]
  • 1. To infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus were they plagued And worn with famine. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To vex; to tease; to harass. [1913 Webster]
  • She will plague the man that loves her most. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To vex; torment; distress; afflict; harass; annoy; tease; tantalize; trouble; molest; embarrass; perplex. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'plague'

From: Easton
  • Plague a "stroke" of affliction, or disease. Sent as a divine chastisement (Num. 11:33; 14:37; 16:46-49; 2 Sam. 24:21). Painful afflictions or diseases, (Lev. 13:3, 5, 30; 1 Kings 8:37), or severe calamity (Mark 5:29; Luke 7:21), or the judgment of God, so called (Ex. 9:14). Plagues of Egypt were ten in number.
  • The river Nile was turned into blood, and the fish died, and the river stank, so that the Egyptians loathed to drink of the river (Ex. 7:14-25).
  • The plague of frogs (Ex. 8:1-15).
  • The plague of lice (Heb. kinnim, properly gnats or mosquitoes; comp. Ps. 78:45; 105:31), "out of the dust of the land" (Ex. 8:16-19).
  • The plague of flies (Heb. arob, rendered by the LXX. dog-fly), Ex. 8:21-24.
  • The murrain (Ex.9:1-7), or epidemic pestilence which carried off vast numbers of cattle in the field. Warning was given of its coming.
  • The sixth plague, of "boils and blains," like the third, was sent without warning (Ex.9:8-12). It is called (Deut. 28:27) "the botch of Egypt," A.V.; but in R.V., "the boil of Egypt." "The magicians could not stand before Moses" because of it.
  • The plague of hail, with fire and thunder (Ex. 9:13-33). Warning was given of its coming. (Comp. Ps. 18:13; 105:32, 33).
  • The plague of locusts, which covered the whole face of the earth, so that the land was darkened with them (Ex. 10:12-15). The Hebrew name of this insect, _arbeh_, points to the "multitudinous" character of this visitation. Warning was given before this plague came.
  • After a short interval the plague of darkness succeeded that of the locusts; and it came without any special warning (Ex. 10:21-29). The darkness covered "all the land of Egypt" to such an extent that "they saw not one another." It did not, however, extend to the land of Goshen.
  • The last and most fearful of these plagues was the death of the first-born of man and of beast (Ex. 11:4, 5; 12:29,30). The exact time of the visitation was announced, "about midnight", which would add to the horror of the infliction. Its extent also is specified, from the first-born of the king to the first-born of the humblest slave, and all the first-born of beasts. But from this plague the Hebrews were completely exempted. The Lord "put a difference" between them and the Egyptians. (See PASSOVER.)

Synonyms of 'plague'

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Words containing 'Plague'