gearbach — meaning in English

English meaning

• mangy adj Suffering from mange, or looking as scruffy and patchy as an animal with it.
• scab noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
• scabby adj Covered in scabs, or affected by a skin condition that causes them.

Senses

gearbach is used for these senses in English:

• mangy Afflicted, or looking as if afflicted, with mange.
• scabby Affected with scabs; full of scabs.
• scabby Diseased with the scab (mange): mangy.

mangy — full definition

1. adj Suffering from mange, or looking as scruffy and patchy as an animal with it.
2. adj Shabby, worn-out, or run-down.

scab — full definition

1. noun A dry, hard crust that forms over a wound as it heals.
2. noun An insulting term for a worker who continues working, or takes a striking worker's job, during a labour strike.
3. verb To act as a strikebreaker.

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