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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

slum [slʌm] n (= house) → taudis m;

slums npl (= area) → quartiers mpl pauvres

slum [slʌm] n → Slum m, Elendsviertel nt

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.krotbuurtحَي فَقير مُكْتَظ بالسُّكّانбеден кварталbrlohyslum; slum-der Slumφτωχογειτονιά, υποβαθμισμένη περιοχήcasucha, tugurioagulحلبي آبادslummiquartier misérableשְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִיगंदी बस्ती, मलिनावासsirotinjska četvrt, prljava uličica na zlu glasunyomornegyedpermukiman kumuhfátækrahverfi(quartiere degradato)貧民くつ빈민굴lūšnynasgrausti; graustu rajonssesak dan kotorkrotslum, fattigkvarterslumsbairro da latamahalaтрущобыbrlohrevna četrtsirotinjska četvrtslumแหล่งเสื่อมโทรมkenar mahalle陋巷нетріپسماندہ بستیnhà 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.krotbuurtمِنْطَقَة الأحْياء الفَقيرَهрайон с бедни кварталиchudinská čtvrťslumkvarterdie Slums (pl.)οι φτωχογειτονιές, οι υποβαθμισμένες περιοχέςbarrio bajo, tugurios, colonia proletariaagulidمنطقه فقيرنشينslummitquartier misérableשְׁכוּנַת עוֹנִיsirotinjski, zapušteni dio gradanyomornegyedekpermukiman kumuhfátækrahverfi(quartieri poveri)スラム街빈민가, 슬럼가(街)lūšnų kvartalasgraustu rajonskawasan sesak dan kotorachterbuurtslummen, slumkvarterslumsybairro da lataperiferieтрущобыchudobná štvrťrevna četrtsirotinjsko predgrađeslummen, slumkvarterenชุมชนแออัด.kenar mahalle bölgesi貧民區нетріغریب آبادی والے علاقےkhu vực có những nhà ổ chuột贫民区