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Definition of 'scab' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) scab
the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing.

2.  scab
any mangy skin disease in animals, esp. sheep.

3.  scab
a fungal or bacterial disease of plants characterized by crustlike lesions on the affected parts.

4.  scab
one such lesion.

5.  scab
a worker who refuses to join a labor union or to participate in a union strike, who takes a striking worker's place on the job, or the like.

6.  scab
Slang. a rascal or scoundrel.

7. (v.i.) scab
to become covered with a scab.

8.  scab
to act or work as a scab.

Etymology:  (1200–50; ME < ON skabb scab, itch)

Definition of 'scab' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) scab, strikebreaker, blackleg, rat
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

2. (verb) scab
the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion

3. (verb) scab
form a scab
"the wounds will eventually scab"

4. (verb) fink, scab, rat, blackleg
take the place of work of someone on strike


Definition of 'scab' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) scab
dried blood covering a cut in the skin


Definition of 'scab' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) scab
an incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part

2. (noun) scab
the itch in man; also, the scurvy

3. (noun) scab
the mange, esp. when it appears on sheep

4. (noun) scab
a disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies)

5. (noun) scab
a slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold

6. (noun) scab
a mean, dirty, paltry fellow

7. (noun) scab
a nickname for a workman who engages for lower wages than are fixed by the trades unions; also, for one who takes the place of a workman on a strike

8. (verb) scab
to become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over


Translation of 'scab' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a crust formed over a sore or wound.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: roof Arabic flag Arabic: قِشْرَة الجُرْح Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: струпей
Brazilian flag Brazilian: casca Czech flag Czech: strup German flag German: der Schorf
Danish flag Danish: sårskorpe Greek flag Greek: κρούστα πληγής Spanish flag Spanish: costra, postilla
Estonian flag Estonian: kärn Farsi flag Farsi: لخته Finnish flag Finnish: rupi
French flag French: croûte Hebrew flag Hebrew: גֶלֶד Hindi flag Hindi: खुरण्ड
Croatian flag Croatian: krasta Hungarian flag Hungarian: var Indonesian flag Indonesian: kerak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hrúður Italian flag Italian: crosta Japanese flag Japanese: かさぶた
Korean flag Korean: 딱지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šašas Latvian flag Latvian: krevele
Malay flag Malay: kuping Dutch flag Dutch: roofje Norwegian flag Norwegian: sårskorpe
Polish flag Polish: strup Persian flag Persian: لخته Pashto flag Pashto: پاترى، داغ، نښه، ( دجوړ ش
Portuguese flag Portuguese: crosta Romanian flag Romanian: crustă Russian flag Russian: струп, корка
Slovak flag Slovak: chrasta Slovenian flag Slovenian: krasta Serbian flag Serbian: krasta
Swedish flag Swedish: [sår]skorpa Thai flag Thai: สะเก็ดแผล Turkish flag Turkish: kabuk, yara kabuğu
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: струп; короста, парші Urdu flag Urdu: زخم پر بننے والا کھرنڈ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: vảy (ở vết thương sắp làn Chinese flag Chinese: 

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