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1. (n.) slum
Often, slums. a run-down part of a city, usu. thickly populated by poor people.
2. slum
any squalid, run-down place to live.
3. (v.i.) slum
to visit slums, esp. out of curiosity.
4. slum
to visit or frequent a place, esp. an amusement spot, considered low in social status.
Etymology: (1805–15; cf. argot slum room)
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1. (verb) slum, slum area
a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
2. (verb) slum
spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
"attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century"
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1. (noun) slum
a part of a city that is poor and in bad condition
cleaning up the city's slums
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Slum
a foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives
2. (noun) Slum
same as Slimes
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Sense: a group of houses, blocks of flats, street etc where the conditions are dirty and overcrowded and the building(s) usually in a bad state
That new block of flats is rapidly turning into a slum; a slum dwelling.
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 Afrikaans: krotbuurt |
 Arabic: حَي فَقير مُكْتَظ بالسُّك |
 Bulgarian: беден квартал |
 Brazilian: favela |
 Czech: brlohy |
 German: der Slum |
 Danish: slum; slum- |
 Greek: φτωχογειτονιά, υποβαθμισμ |
 Spanish: casucha, tugurio |
 Estonian: agul |
 Farsi: حلبي آباد |
 Finnish: slummi |
 French: quartier misérable |
 Hebrew: שְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִי |
 Hindi: गंदी बस्ती, मलिनावास |
 Croatian: sirotinjskačetvrt, prljav |
 Hungarian: nyomornegyed |
 Indonesian: permukiman kumuh |
 Icelandic: fátækrahverfi |
 Italian: (quartiere degradato) |
 Japanese: 貧民くつ |
 Korean: 슬럼가 |
 Lithuanian: lūšnynas |
 Latvian: grausti; graustu rajons |
 Malay: sesak dan kotor |
 Dutch: krot |
 Norwegian: slum, fattigkvarter |
 Polish: slums |
 Persian: حلبي آباد |
 Pashto: دښار ګڼه برخه (چې وېجاړه |
 Portuguese: bairro da lata |
 Romanian: mahala |
 Russian: трущобы |
 Slovak: brloh |
 Slovenian: revnačetrt |
 Serbian: sirotinjskačetvrt |
 Swedish: slum |
 Thai: แหล่งเสื่อมโทรม |
 Turkish: kenar mahalle |
 Taiwanese: 陋巷 |
 Ukrainian: нетрі |
 Urdu: پسماندہ بستی |
 Vietnamese: nhà ổ chuột |
 Chinese: 陋巷 |
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