SCUM
\skˈʌm], \skˈʌm], \s_k_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of SCUM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
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refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
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To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
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To sweep or range over the surface of.
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To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
By Oddity Software
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The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross.
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refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
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To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
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To sweep or range over the surface of.
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To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
By Noah Webster.
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A layer of impurities formed on the surface of a liquid; anything worthless or vile; worthless people.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Epistasis, a film of insoluble material which rises to the surface of a liquid; that which sinks to the bottom of a liquid is the sediment or hypostasis.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Foam or froth: the extraneous matter rising to the surface of liquids, esp. when boiled or fermented: refuse.
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To take the scum from: to skim:-pr.p. scumming; pa.t. and pa.p. scummed.
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SCUMMER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
