Scab has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
2
the crustlike surface of a healing skin lesion
3
An incrustation over a sore, wound, vesicle, or pustule, formed during healing.
Verb
1
form a scab
"the wounds will eventually scab"
2
take the place of work of someone on strike
3
To become covered by a scab or scabs.
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