Slum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural.
  • verb-intransitive. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
  • v. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
  • v. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural.
  • n. Same as Slimes.
  • verb-intransitive. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc. Also called go slumming.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In metallurgy, same as slime, 3: chiefly in the plural.
  • n. A dirty back street of a city, especially such a street inhabited by a squalid and criminal population; a low and dangerous neighborhood: chiefly in the plural: as, the slums of Whitechapel and Westminster in London.
  • To keep to back streets.
  • To visit the slums of a city, often from mere curiosity or as a diversion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
  • n. a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
    • Verb Form
    slummed    slumming    slums   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spend    pass   
    Variant
    slumming    slummed    slimes    go slumming   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Brum    Krum    Mum    alum    become   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tenement    neighborhoods    alley    suburb    hovel   
     
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