SLUM


Meaning of SLUM in English

— slummer , n.

/slum/ , n. , v. , slummed, slumming .

n.

1. Often, slums . a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people.

2. any squalid, run-down place to live.

v.i.

3. to visit slums, esp. from curiosity.

4. to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status.

[ 1805-15; cf. earlier argot slum room; orig. obscure ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .