scab

8 definitions • 5 examples

a rough surface made of dried blood that forms over a cut or broken skin while it is healing

a skin disease in animals, especially sheep:

The animals were all in a poor condition and were suffering from sheep scab.

a plant disease that causes hard, dry areas on fruit or leaves, especially on apples and potatoes:

Plants grown from seed are more susceptible to apple scab.

an insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the same organization are on strike

to form a scab or become covered by a scab:

The wound has scabbed over.

a hard covering of dry blood that forms over a cut or sore:

Don’t pick at your scab!

someone who takes the place of a worker who is striking (= joining in an organized refusal to work)

an insulting word for a person who continues working while other people in the organization are on strike:

When she went to work she faced taunts of 'scab' from fellow workers.