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Meaning of 'scab'
Meaning of 'scab' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Scab 
[ n.]
- An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule,
formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part. [ n.]- The itch in man; also, the scurvy.
- The mange, esp. when it appears on sheep.
- A disease of potatoes producing pits in their surface, caused by a minute fungus (Tiburcinia Scabies).
- A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
- A mean, dirty, paltry fellow.
- 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.
2. Scab [ v. i.]
- To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over. [ v. i.]Meaning of 'scab' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. scab [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- form a scab
- form a scab
Example in sentence:
- the wounds will eventually scab
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