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Definition of Slum

1. Noun. A district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

2. Verb. 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"

Definition of Slum

1. 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; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.

2. v. i. To visit or frequent slums, esp. out of curiosity, or for purposes of study, etc.

Definition of Slum

1. Noun. A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty. ¹

2. Verb. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own. ¹

3. Verb. To associate with people or engage in activities with a status below one's own. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slum

1. to visit slums (squalid urban areas) [v SLUMMED, SLUMMING, SLUMS]

Medical Definition of Slum

1. 1. 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; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives. 2. Same as Slimes. Origin: CF. Slump. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slum

sluice down sluice valve sluiced sluicegate sluicelike sluices sluiceway sluiceways sluicier sluiciest

sluicing sluicy sluing sluit sluits slum (current term) slum area slumber slumber parties slumber party

slumbered slumberer slumberers slumbering slumberingly slumberland slumberless slumberlike slumberous slumbers

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