slum
31slum — 1 noun 1 (C) a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live: the slums (=a slum area): He grew up in the East London slums. 2 (singular) informal a very untidy place 2 verb slum it/be slumming informal… …
32slum — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ crowded, overcrowded, teeming ▪ sprawling, vast ▪ poor ▪ filthy ▪ …
33slum — [[t]slʌ̱m[/t]] slums, slumming, slummed 1) N COUNT: oft N n A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition. ...a slum area of St Louis. ...inner city slums in the old cities of the north …
34slum — [[t]slʌm[/t]] n. v. slummed, slum•ming 1) Often, slums. a run down part of a city, usu. thickly populated by poor people 2) any squalid, run down place to live 3) to visit slums, esp. out of curiosity 4) idi to visit or frequent a place, esp. an… …
35Slum — der Slum, s (Aufbaustufe) überbevölkertes und verwahrlostes Elendsviertel einer Stadt Synonyme: Armenviertel, Armengetto Beispiel: Obwohl er in einem Slum aufgewachsen ist, hat er großen Erfolg im Leben erreicht …
36slum — n. & v. n. 1 an overcrowded and squalid back street, district, etc., usu. in a city and inhabited by very poor people. 2 a house or building unfit for human habitation. v.intr. (slummed, slumming) 1 live in slumlike conditions. 2 go about the… …
37Slum — Armenviertel, Elendsviertel; (meist abwertend): Armengetto. * * * Slum,der:Elendsviertel+Elendsquartier·Favela SlumElendsviertel,Armenviertel,Elendsgegend,Armengegend …
38slum it — informal voluntarily spend time in uncomfortable conditions or at a lower social level than one s own. → slum …
39slum — noun a squalid and overcrowded urban area inhabited by very poor people. ↘a house in such an area. verb (slums, slumming, slummed) (often slum it) informal voluntarily spend time in uncomfortable conditions or at a lower social level than one s… …
40Slum tourism — in Five Points, Manhattan in 1885 …
