scab
/skæb/ verb C2- To become covered by a scab or scabs.
- To form into scabs and be shed, as damaged or diseased skin.
- To remove part of a surface (from).
- To act as a strikebreaker.
He/she/it scabs · Past scabbed · Past participle scabbed · -ing form scabbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- scab
- He/she/it
- scabs
- Past
- scabbed
- Past participle
- scabbed
- -ing form
- scabbing
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