English noun: scab | |||
1. | scab (person) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | ||
Synonyms | blackleg, rat, strikebreaker | ||
Broader (hypernym) | worker | ||
2. | scab (body) the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | solid body substance | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | eschar | ||
Part meronym | cutis, skin, tegument | ||
English verb: scab | |||
1. | scab (body) form a scab | ||
Samples | The wounds will eventually scab. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody's (body part) ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | heal | ||
2. | scab (social) take the place of work of someone on strike | ||
Synonyms | blackleg, fink, rat | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||