scab | English to English Dictionary

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scab

(sk/&/b )

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike(noun.person)

Synonym:
blackleg, rat, strikebreaker

source: wordnet30
the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion(noun.body)

source: wordnet30
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed by the drying up of the discharge from the diseased part.(noun)

source: webster1913
Any one of various more or less destructive fungus diseases attacking cultivated plants, and usually forming dark-colored crustlike spots.(noun)

source: webster1913

form a scab(verb.body)

Example:
The wounds will eventually scab.

source: wordnet30
take the place of work of someone on strike(verb.social)

Synonym:
blackleg, fink, rat

source: wordnet30
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound scabbed over.(verb)

source: webster1913

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