scum

scum  (skm)

n.

1. A filmy layer of extraneous or impure matter that forms on or rises to the surface of a liquid or body of water.

2. The refuse or dross of molten metals.

3. Refuse or worthless matter.

4. Slang One, such as a person or an element of society, that is regarded as despicable or worthless.

v. scummed, scum·ming, scums

v.tr.

To remove the scum from.

v.intr.

To become covered with scum.

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[Middle English, from Middle Dutch schm; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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scummer n.

scummi·ly adv.

scummi·ness n.

scummy adj.

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scum [skʌm]

n

1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond

3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) Also called dross scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal

4. waste matter

5. a worthless person or group of people

vb scums, scumming, scummed

1. (tr) to remove scum from

2. (intr) Rare to form a layer of or become covered with scum

[of Germanic origin; related to Old High German scūm, Middle Dutch schūm, Old French escume; see skim]

scumlike  adj

scummer  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	scum - worthless people                     trash ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff, rabble - disparaging terms for the common people
	2.	scum - a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid film - a thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust" scoria, slag, dross - the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
Verb	1.	scum - remove the scum from get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

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scum

noun

1. rabble, trash (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), riffraff, rubbish, dross, lowest of the low, dregs of society, canaille (French), ragtag and bobtail They're cultureless scum drifted from elsewhere.

2. impurities, film, crust, froth, scruff, dross, offscourings scum around the bath

Translations

scum [skʌm] N

1. (on liquid) → espuma f; (on pond) → verdín m

2. (pej) (= people) → escoria f
the scum of the earth → la escoria de la tierra

3. = scumbag

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scum [ˈskʌm] n

(on water, sea) → écume f; (in bath) → crasse f

(pejorative) (= people) → racaille f
They're scum → Ce sont de la racaille.
the scum of the earth → la lie de l'humanité

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scum

n

(on liquid) → Schaum m; (= residue) → Rand m; a pond covered in green scum → ein mit einer grünen Schleimschicht bedeckter Teich; a greasy scum floated on the soup → auf der Suppe schwamm eine Fettschicht

(pej inf) → Abschaum m; (= one individual) → Drecksau f (inf); the scum of the earth → der Abschaum der Menschheit

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scum [skʌm] n (on liquid) → schiuma (fig) (pej) (people) → feccia
the scum of the earth → la feccia della società
to remove the scum (from sth) → schiumare (qc)

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scum

n scum [skam]

1 dirty foam that forms on the surface of a liquid The pond was covered with (a) scum. skuim زَبَد، رَغْوَه мръсна пяна pěna skum der Schaum ακαθαρσίες, βρομιά espuma mustusekiht, vaht كف vaahto écume זוֹהָמָה मैल (nečista) pjena, otpadak hab buih skán, skæni schiuma 浮きかす 더껑이 puta, putos, nuoviros (netīras) putas lapisan buih kotor schuim skum piana, szumowiny escuma spumă пена pena, kal, špina pena prljava pena skum ฟองสกปรกบนผิวของของเหลว kir tabakası, yüzer pislik 液體表面的浮垢 піна; накип میل، پھین lớp váng 浮垢

2 bad, worthless people People of that sort are the scum of the earth. skorriemorrie حُثالَه، ناس لا يُساوون شَيْئا измет spodina bærme der Abschaum αποβράσματα της κοινωνίας escoria põhjakiht ارازل و اوباش roskaväki rebut חֶלאָה हेय व्यक्ति šljam, ološ szemét sampah masyarakat úrþvætti feccia くず 이간 쓰레기 padugnės (sabiedrības) padibenes sampah masyarakat uitschot avskum, utskudd, pakk męty escumalha gunoi, ticălos подонки spodina izvržek ološ avskum พวกเดนมนุษย์ ayak takımı, serseriler güruhu 人渣 покидьки суспільства نکمے لوگ người xấu, người đáng khinh 卑贱的人