scum
11scum — [n1] superficial impurities, dirt algae, crust, dross, film, froth, residue, scruff, spume, waste; concept 260 Ant. cleanliness scum [n2] people who are bad, despicable curs*, dregs, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, rubbish*,… …
12scum — ► NOUN 1) a layer of dirt or froth on the surface of a liquid. 2) informal a worthless or contemptible person or group of people. ► VERB (scummed, scumming) ▪ cover or become covered with a layer of scum. DERIVATIVES scummy adjective …
13scum|my — «SKUHM ee», adjective, mi|er, mi|est. 1. consisting of or containing scum: »a scummy pond. 2. Figurative. low; mean; worthless: » …
14scum — *foam, froth, spume, lather, suds, yeast …
15scum- — see scom …
16scum — de·scum; scum·fish; scum·less; scum·mer; scum·my; scum; scum·ble; …
17scum — [[t]skʌm[/t]] n. v. scummed, scum•ming 1) a) a film or layer of foul matter that forms on the surface of a liquid b) a film of algae on still or stagnant water: pond scum[/ex] 2) refuse or offscourings 3) a low, worthless person 4) such persons… …
18scum — Applied to a person one despises since at least the seventeenth century, implying that the person concerned resembles, or is as valueless, as the filthy film that forms on stagnant water. The latter is one kind of froth or foam the original… …
19Scum — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Scum est un téléfilm britannique réalisé par Alan Clarke en 1977. Scum est un film britannique réalisé par Alan Clarke en 1979. Scum est un album du… …
20scum — /skʌm / (say skum) noun 1. a film of foul or extraneous matter on a liquid. 2. low, worthless persons: scum of the earth. –verb (scummed, scumming) –verb (t) 3. to remove the scum from. 4. to remove as scum. –verb (i) 5. to form scum; become… …
