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scum
(skŭm)n.
1. A filmy or frothy layer of matter that forms on the surface of a liquid or body of water or on a hard surface.
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.
scum′mer n.
scum′mi·ly adv.
scum′mi·ness n.
scum′my 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. (Biology) the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
3. (Metallurgy) Also called: dross or 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 or scummed
6. (tr) to remove scum from
7. (intr) rare to form a layer of or become covered with scum
[C13: of Germanic origin; related to Old High German scūm, Middle Dutch schūm, Old French escume; see skim]
ˈscumˌlike adj
ˈscummer n
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scum
(skʌm)n., v. scummed, scum•ming. n.
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.
2. refuse or offscourings.
3. a low, worthless person.
4. such persons collectively; dregs.
v.i. 5. to form scum; become covered with scum.
v.t. 6. to remove the scum from.
[1200–50; Middle English scume < Middle Dutch schūme (Dutch schuim) foam, c. German Schaum]
scum′less, adj.
scum′like`, adj.
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scum
Past participle: scummed
Gerund: scumming
| Imperative |
|---|
| scum |
| scum |
| Present |
|---|
| I scum |
| you scum |
| he/she/it scums |
| we scum |
| you scum |
| they scum |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I scummed |
| you scummed |
| he/she/it scummed |
| we scummed |
| you scummed |
| they scummed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am scumming |
| you are scumming |
| he/she/it is scumming |
| we are scumming |
| you are scumming |
| they are scumming |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have scummed |
| you have scummed |
| he/she/it has scummed |
| we have scummed |
| you have scummed |
| they have scummed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was scumming |
| you were scumming |
| he/she/it was scumming |
| we were scumming |
| you were scumming |
| they were scumming |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had scummed |
| you had scummed |
| he/she/it had scummed |
| we had scummed |
| you had scummed |
| they had scummed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will scum |
| you will scum |
| he/she/it will scum |
| we will scum |
| you will scum |
| they will scum |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have scummed |
| you will have scummed |
| he/she/it will have scummed |
| we will have scummed |
| you will have scummed |
| they will have scummed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be scumming |
| you will be scumming |
| he/she/it will be scumming |
| we will be scumming |
| you will be scumming |
| they will be scumming |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been scumming |
| you have been scumming |
| he/she/it has been scumming |
| we have been scumming |
| you have been scumming |
| they have been scumming |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been scumming |
| you will have been scumming |
| he/she/it will have been scumming |
| we will have been scumming |
| you will have been scumming |
| they will have been scumming |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been scumming |
| you had been scumming |
| he/she/it had been scumming |
| we had been scumming |
| you had been scumming |
| they had been scumming |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would scum |
| you would scum |
| he/she/it would scum |
| we would scum |
| you would scum |
| they would scum |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have scummed |
| you would have scummed |
| he/she/it would have scummed |
| we would have scummed |
| you would have scummed |
| they would have scummed |
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Noun 1. [画像:scum - worthless people]scum - worthless 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"
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
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scum
nounSlang. A group of persons regarded as the lowest class:
Idioms: scum of the earth, tag and rag, the great unwashed.
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Translations
حُثالَه، ناس لا يُساوون شَيْئازَبَد، رَغْوَه
pěnaspodina
bærmeskum
skán, skæniúròvætti
nuoviros
putas
ayak takımıkir tabakasıserseriler güruhuyüzer pislik
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
scum
[ˈskʌm] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
scum
[skʌm] n (on liquid) → schiuma (fig) (pej) (people) → fecciathe scum of the earth → la feccia della società
to remove the scum (from sth) → schiumare (qc)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
scum
(skam) noun1. dirty foam that forms on the surface of a liquid. The pond was covered with (a) scum. skuim زَبَد، رَغْوَه мръсна пяна escuma pěna der Schaum skum ακαθαρσίες, βρομιά espuma mustusekiht, vaht كف likainen vaahto écume זוהמה 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 اوبړۍ، چڼاسي، ځګ، چوپړۍ، داوبو پر سر چټل شيان: زوې، چټلي، خيرې، ناكاره، فضول escuma spumă пена pena, kal, špina pena prljava pena skum ฟองสกปรกบนผิวของของเหลว kir tabakası, yüzer pislik 浮渣,浮垢 піна; накип میل، پھین lớp váng 浮渣,浮垢
2. bad, worthless people. People of that sort are the scum of the earth. skorriemorrie حُثالَه، ناس لا يُساوون شَيْئا измет escória spodina der Abschaum bærme αποβράσματα της κοινωνίας escoria põhjakiht ارازل و اوباش pohjasakka rebut חלאה हेय व्यक्ति šljam, ološ szemét sampah masyarakat úrþvætti feccia くず 이간 쓰레기 padugnės (sabiedrības) padibenes sampah masyarakat uitschot avskum, utskudd, pakk męty اوبړۍ، چڼاسي escumalha gunoi, ticălos подонки spodina izvržek ološ avskum พวกเดนมนุษย์ ayak takımı, serseriler güruhu 人渣 покидьки суспільства نکمے لوگ người xấu, người đáng khinh 人渣
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scum
n. espuma; escoria.
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