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slum condition

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  • slum|dom — «SLUHM duhm», noun. 1. the condition of being a slum: »Neglected, this property will slip by degrees into slumdom (London Times). 2. the people living in a slum …   Useful english dictionary

  • slum´ber|er — slum|ber «SLUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to sleep; sleep lightly; doze. 2. Figurative. a) to be like a person asleep; be inactive: »slumbering anger. »The volcano had slumbered for years. b) to be negligently inactive: »to slumber while one s… …   Useful english dictionary

  • slum|ber — «SLUHM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to sleep; sleep lightly; doze. 2. Figurative. a) to be like a person asleep; be inactive: »slumbering anger. »The volcano had slumbered for years. b) to be negligently inactive: »to slumber while one s enemies… …   Useful english dictionary

  • slum|lord|ship — «SLUHM LRD shihp», noun. U.S. the condition of being a slumlord …   Useful english dictionary

  • slum|mi|ness — «SLUHM ee nihs», noun. the quality or condition of being slummy …   Useful english dictionary

  • slum — slum1 [slʌm] n 1.) a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live ▪ a slum area ▪ slum housing ▪ the slums of London 2.) [singular] BrE informal a very untidy place slum 2 slum2 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • slum — I UK [slʌm] / US noun [countable] Word forms slum : singular slum plural slums 1) a) [often plural] a poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition b) a house in such an area 2) informal a house or room that is very dirty or… …   English dictionary

  • slum — slum1 [ slʌm ] noun count 1. ) often plural a poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition a ) a house in such an area 2. ) INFORMAL a house or room that is very dirty or messy slum slum 2 [ slʌm ] verb OFTEN HUMOROUS slum it or …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • slum — 1 noun 1 (C) a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live: the slums (=a slum area): He grew up in the East London slums. 2 (singular) informal a very untidy place 2 verb slum it/be slumming informal… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • slum — [[t]slʌ̱m[/t]] slums, slumming, slummed 1) N COUNT: oft N n A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition. ...a slum area of St Louis. ...inner city slums in the old cities of the north …   English dictionary

  • slum — n. & v. n. 1 an overcrowded and squalid back street, district, etc., usu. in a city and inhabited by very poor people. 2 a house or building unfit for human habitation. v.intr. (slummed, slumming) 1 live in slumlike conditions. 2 go about the… …   Useful english dictionary

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