Overview of verb infect

The verb infect has 4 senses

• infect -- (communicate a disease to; "Your children have infected you with this head cold")


• infect, taint -- (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)


• infect -- (corrupt with ideas or an ideology; "society was infected by racism")


• infect -- (affect in a contagious way; "His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room")

Overview of adj infected

The adj infected has 1 sense

• septic, infected -- (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage")