scum | English to English Dictionary

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scum

(sk/@/m )

worthless people(noun.group)

Synonym:
trash

source: wordnet30
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.(noun)

source: webster1913

remove the scum from(verb.possession)

source: wordnet30
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.(verb)

source: webster1913

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