noun Download 🔗Share An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing. Examples : "The little girl's scraped knee had a thick scab forming over it. " medicine physiology body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The scabies. Examples : "My younger sister got scabies, and we had to take extra precautions to avoid spreading it. " medicine disease body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The mange, especially when it appears on sheep. Examples : "The sheep had a bad scab on its leg, making it difficult to walk. " disease animal medicine biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of several different diseases of potatoes producing pits and other damage on their surface, caused by streptomyces bacteria (but formerly believed to be caused by a fungus). Examples : "The potato crop had a bad case of scab, making the spuds unsuitable for sale at the farmers' market. " disease plant biology agriculture microorganism Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Common scab, a relatively harmless variety of scab (potato disease) caused by Streptomyces scabies. Examples : "The farmer treated the potato plants to prevent common scab. " disease plant agriculture biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any one of various more or less destructive fungal diseases that attack cultivated plants, forming dark-colored crustlike spots. Examples : "The apple tree suffered from scab, leaving dark spots on the fruit. " disease plant agriculture biology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (founding) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold. Examples : "The metal casting for the new school bell had a small scab on its surface, a tiny imperfection from the mold. " material technical industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mean, dirty, paltry fellow. Examples : ""No one wanted to work with the scab; he always took credit for other people's ideas and never helped with the hard work." " person character attitude moral negative Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A worker who acts against trade union policies, especially a strikebreaker. Examples : "During the factory strike, the company hired a scab to keep production going, angering the union workers. " politics job organization work society economy business person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become covered by a scab or scabs. Examples : "After I fell and scraped my knee, the wound started to scab over. " medicine body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin. Examples : "The scraped knee scabbed over quickly, and the skin shed easily. " medicine body physiology disease Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To remove part of a surface (from). Examples : "The carpenter scabbed off the rough edges of the wooden plank. " action material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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verb Download 🔗Share To beg (for), to cadge or bum. Examples : "I scabbed some money off a friend." attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading