1 (also the plague) [U] = BUBONICPLAGUE:
an outbreak of plague
2 [C] any infectious disease that kills a lot of people:
the new plague of Aids
3 [C] ~ of sth large numbers of an animal or insect that come into an area and cause great damage:
a plague of locusts / rats
IDIOMS see AVOID
verb [VN] ~ sb/sth (with sth)
1 to cause pain or trouble to sb/sth over a period of time:
to be plagued by doubts / jealousy * Financial problems are plaguing the company. * The team has been plagued by injury this season.
2 to annoy sb or create problems, especially by asking for sth, demanding attention, etc:
Rock stars have to get used to being plagued by autograph hunters.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is plague a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, plague is tagged as noun.
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