Definition of scab Scab
/skæˈb/ - [skab] - scab
We found 30 definitions of scab from 7 different sources.
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What does scab mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: scabs |
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| scab - the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion | ||
| solid body substance the solid parts of the body | ||
| cutis, tegument, skin an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane" | ||
| scab - someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | ||
| strikebreaker, blackleg, rat | ||
| worker sterile member of a colony of social insects that forages for food and cares for the larvae | ||
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| scab - form a scab; "the wounds will eventually scab" | ||
| heal get healthy again; "The wound is healing slowly" | ||
| scab - take the place of work of someone on strike | ||
| fink, rat, blackleg | ||
| do work, work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- scab (Noun)
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. - scab (Noun)
The scabies. - scab (Noun)
The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. - scab (Noun)
Several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by Streptomyces -bacteria. - scab (Noun)
Short form for common scab , a relatively harmless variety of scab caused by Streptomyces scabies. - scab (Noun)
Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and forming dark-colored crustlike spots. - scab (Noun)
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. - scab (Noun)
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. - scab (Noun)
A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker. - scab (Verb)
To become covered by a scab or scabs. - scab (Verb)
To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin. - scab (Verb)
To remove part of a surface from. - scab (Verb)
To act as a strikebreaker. - scab (Verb)
To beg for, to cadge or bum.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- scab (n.)
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part. - scab (n.)
The itch in man; also, the scurvy. - scab (n.)
The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep. - scab (n.)
A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies). - scab (n.)
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. - scab (n.)
A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. - scab (n.)
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. - scab (v. i.)
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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scab
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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scab
skab, n. a crust formed over a sore: a disease of sheep resembling the mange: a disease of potatoes, or a fungous disease of apples, &c.: a mean fellow: a workman who refuses to join a trades-union or to take part in a strike, or who takes the place of a man out on strike.—v.i. to heal over, to cicatrise: to form a new surface by encrustation.—n. (print.) a scale-board.—adj. Scab′bed, affected or covered with scabs: diseased with the scab: vile, worthless.—ns. Scab′bedness; Scab′biness.—adj. Scab′by, scabbed: injured by the attachment of barnacles to the carapace of a shell: (print.) of matter that is blotched or uneven.—n. Scab′-mite, the itch-mite. [A.S scæb (Dan. scab, Ger. schabe)—L. scabies—scabĕre, to scratch.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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scab
A worthless man or woman.
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