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scum

noun

1 scum

Worthless people.

synonym: trash.

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity, immundicity; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; ... show more

Roget 643: unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality.    triviality, levity, frivolity; paltriness etc. adj.; poverty; smallness etc. 32; ... show more

2 scum

A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid.

Dutch: tuig, schuimsel
Polish: szum, szumowina

verb

1 scum

Remove the scum from.


Moby thesaurus: aerate, alluvion, alluvium, androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, apply to, ash, beat, bilge, bilgewater, blanket, block, bones, breakers, canaille, canopy, carrion, cattle, chaff ... show more.

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