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"Slum" Definition

noun

A heavily populated urban area characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Often used in the plural.
A densely populated usually urban area marked by crowding, dirty run-down housing, poverty, and social disorganization.

verb

To visit especially out of curiosity.
To go somewhere or do something that might be considered beneath one's station.

idiom

Slum it To endure conditions or accommodations that are worse than what one is accustomed to.

verb-intransitive

To visit impoverished areas or squalid locales, especially out of curiosity or for amusement.