Definizione monolingua

scum

scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed)

1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
2. To remove (something) as scum.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

     Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great [...].

3. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.13:

     Soo by Merlyns aduys ther were sente fore rydars to skumme the Countreye, & they mette with the fore rydars of the north [...].

scum (countable and uncountable; plural scums)

1. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
2. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
3. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
4. (countable) (derogatory, slang) A person or persons considered to be reprehensible.

Definizione dizionario scum

	scoria
	A layer of impurities

schiuma

feccia

gentaglia

Altri significati:

A person or persons considered to be reprehensible

(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds

The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.

To remove (something) as scum.

(countable) (derogatory, slang) A person or persons considered to be reprehensible.

To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).

(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).

(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).