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• scab — n 1: a worker who refuses to join a labor union 2: a union member who refuses to strike or returns to work before a strike has ended 3: a worker who accepts employment or replaces a union worker during a strike: strike breaker 4: one who works… …   Law dictionary

• scab — [skæb] noun [countable] an insulting word for someone who works when other people in the same factory, office etc are on strike * * * scab UK US /skæb/ noun [C] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING ► an insulting word for a person who continues working while… …   Financial and business terms

• scab — [skab] n. [ME scabbe < ON skabb, akin to OE sceabb < IE base * (s)kep , to cut, split > L scabies, SCABIES, scabere, to SHAVE] 1. a crust that forms over a sore or wound during healing 2. a mangy skin disease, as scabies, of animals, esp …   English World dictionary

• scab — ► NOUN 1) a dry, rough protective crust that forms over a cut or wound during healing. 2) mange or a similar skin disease in animals. 3) any of a number of fungal diseases of plants in which rough patches develop. 4) informal a person or thing… …   English terms dictionary

• scab — [ skæb ] noun count 1. ) a hard layer of dry blood that forms when a cut on your skin is getting better 2. ) OFFENSIVE an insulting word for someone who continues to work when the people they work with are on STRIKE (=not working as a protest):… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scab — /skæb / (say skab) noun 1. the encrustation which forms over a sore during healing. 2. Veterinary Science a mangy disease in animals, especially sheep; scabies. 3. Plant Pathology a. a hyperplasic plant disease with scab like lesions: apple scab …  

• scab — scablike, adj. /skab/, n., v., scabbed, scabbing. n. 1. the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing. 2. Vet. Pathol. a mangy disease in animals, esp. sheep; scabies. Cf. itch (def. 10). 3. Plant Pathol. a. a disease of plants… …   Universalium

• scab — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Swedish skabbr scab; akin to Old English sceabb scab, Latin scabere to scratch more at shave Date: 13th century 1. scabies of domestic animals 2. a crust of hardened blood and …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scab — [[t]skæ̱b[/t]] scabs 1) N COUNT A scab is a hard, dry covering that forms over the surface of a wound. The area can be very painful until scabs form after about ten days. 2) N COUNT (disapproval) People who continue to work during a strike are… …   English dictionary

• scab — [[t]skæb[/t]] n. v. scabbed, scab•bing 1) pat the incrustation that forms over a sore or wound during healing 2) vet any mangy skin disease in animals, esp. sheep 3) a) ppa a fungal or bacterial disease of plants characterized by crustlike… …   From formal English to slang

• scab — UK [skæb] / US noun [countable] Word forms scab : singular scab plural scabs 1) a hard layer of dry blood that forms when a cut on your skin is getting better 2) offensive an insulting word for someone who continues to work when the people who… …   English dictionary