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Definitions for Scum

[1] a film or layer of foul or extraneous matter that forms on the surface of a liquid.
[2] refuse or offscourings.
[3] a low, worthless, or evil person.
[4] such persons collectively; riffraff; dregs.
[5] scoria(def 1) .
[6] to remove the scum from.
[7] to remove as scum.
[8] to form scum; become covered with scum.
[9] a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
[10] the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
[11] Also called: dross , scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
[12] waste matter
[13] a worthless person or group of people
[14] (tr) to remove scum from
[15] (intr) rare to form a layer of or become covered with scum

Words related to Scum

froth, residue, crust, dross, spume, waste, algae, film, scruff, proletariat, vermin, riffraff, dregs, mass, rubbish, rabble, mob, trash, lowest

Words nearby Scum

sculpture, sculptured, sculpturesque, scultch, scultetus bandage, scum, scumbag, scumble, scumboard, scummy, scuncheon

Origin of Scum

1200–50; Middle English scume < Middle Dutch schūme (Dutch schuim ) foam; cognate with German Schaum foam

Other words from Scum

scum·less , adjective
scum·like , adjective
un·scummed , adjective

Word origin for Scum

C13: of Germanic origin; related to Old High German scūm, Middle Dutch schūm, Old French escume; see skim

Synonyms for Scum

froth, algae, crust, dross, film, residue, scruff, spume, waste