English dictionary

scab

/sk/&/b/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike

noun.person

Synonyms blackleg rat strikebreaker

Source: WordNet 3.0
the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion

noun.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
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

Examples
The wounds will eventually scab.

Source: WordNet 3.0
take the place of work of someone on strike

verb.social

Synonyms blackleg fink rat

Source: WordNet 3.0
To become covered with a scab; as, the wound <i>scabbed</i> over.

verb

Source: webster1913