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slum  (slm)

n.

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural.

intr.v. slummed, slum·ming, slums

To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.

Idiom:

slum it

To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.

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slummer n.

slummy adj.

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slum

Noun

1. an overcrowded and badly maintained house

2. (often pl) a poor rundown overpopulated section of a city

Verb

[slumming, slummed]

1. to visit slums, esp. for curiosity

2. slum it to temporarily and deliberately experience poorer places or conditions [origin unknown]

slummy adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slum - a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions slum area city district - a district of a town or city shantytown - a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties skid row - a city district frequented by vagrants and alcoholics and addicts
Verb	1.	slum - spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century" spend, pass - pass time in a specific way; "how are you spending your summer vacation?"

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slum

noun hovel, ghetto, shanty

Translations

slum [slʌm] n (area) → barrios mpl bajos;

(house) → casucha

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slum [slʌm] n (= house) → taudis m;

slums npl (= area) → quartiers mpl pauvres

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slum [slʌm] n → Slum m, Elendsviertel nt

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slum [slʌm] n → catapecchia

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slum

n slum [slam]

a group of houses, blocks of flats, street etc where the conditions are dirty and overcrowded and the building(s) usually in a bad state That new block of flats is rapidly turning into a slum; a slum dwelling. krotbuurt حَي فَقير مُكْتَظ بالسُّكّان беден квартал brlohy slum; slum- der Slum φτωχογειτονιά, υποβαθμισμένη περιοχή casucha, tugurio agul حلبي آباد slummi quartier misérable שְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִי गंदी बस्ती, मलिनावास sirotinjska četvrt, prljava uličica na zlu glasu nyomornegyed permukiman kumuh fátækrahverfi (quartiere degradato) 貧民くつ 빈민굴 lūšnynas grausti; graustu rajons sesak dan kotor krot slum, fattigkvarter slums bairro da lata mahala трущобы brloh revna četrt sirotinjska četvrt slum แหล่งเสื่อมโทรม kenar mahalle 陋巷 нетрі پسماندہ بستی nhà ổ chuột 陋巷

the slums

the area(s) of a town etc where there are slums As a social worker, she does a lot of work in the slums. krotbuurt مِنْطَقَة الأحْياء الفَقيرَه район с бедни квартали chudinská čtvrť slumkvarter die Slums (pl.) οι φτωχογειτονιές, οι υποβαθμισμένες περιοχές barrio bajo, tugurios, colonia proletaria agulid منطقه فقيرنشين slummit quartier misérable שְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִי sirotinjski, zapušteni dio grada nyomornegyedek permukiman kumuh fátækrahverfi (quartieri poveri) スラム街 빈민가, 슬럼가(街) lūšnų kvartalas graustu rajons kawasan sesak dan kotor achterbuurt slummen, slumkvarter slumsy bairro da lata periferie трущобы chudobná štvrť revna četrt sirotinjsko predgrađe slummen, slumkvarteren ชุมชนแออัด. kenar mahalle bölgesi 貧民區 нетрі غریب آبادی والے علاقے khu vực có những nhà ổ chuột 贫民区