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Definition of scab verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

scab

verb

NAmE//skæb//

[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they scab he / she / it scabs past simple scabbed -ing form scabbing

(of a wound) to form a scab; to become covered with a scab The cut will scab over in about three days.

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