scab
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/skæb/
English
Definitions
noun
- An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
- The scabies.
- The mange, especially when it appears on sheep.
- 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).
verb
- To become covered by a scab or scabs.
- To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
- To remove part of a surface (from).
- To act as a strikebreaker.
Related words
Synonyms
blacklegknobstickscaliecicatrizeratstrikebreakerscab overescharringwormgallcrustfungusyellowrindbetrayertraitorgalescud