Scum

What do we mean by scum?

A filmy or frothy layer of matter that forms on the surface of a liquid or body of water or on a hard surface. noun

The refuse or dross of molten metals. noun

Refuse or worthless matter. noun

One, such as a person or an element of society, that is regarded as despicable or worthless. noun

To remove the scum from. intransitive verb

To become covered with scum. intransitive verb

Foam; froth: as, the scum of the sea. noun

The impurities or extraneous substances which rise to the surface of liquids, as in boiling or fermentation, or which form by other means; also, the scoria of molten metals; hence, by extension, any film or surface of foul floating matter: as, the scum of a stagnant pond. noun

Refuse; dross; offscourings. noun

To remove the scum from; clear off the froth, dross, or impurities that have risen to or formed on the surface of; skim.

To sweep over; move swiftly upon; skim.

To arise or be formed on the surface as foam or scum; be thrown up as scum.

To be or become covered with scum: generally with over.

To skim lightly: with over.

To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively. intransitive verb

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. noun

Refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless. noun

To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim. transitive verb

To sweep or range over the surface of. transitive verb

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

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

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.

(chiefly US) semen

A reprehensible person or persons.

Words that are spelled similarly to scum:
scum.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scum:
villainy, obliteration, earache, manifesto, napalm, enslavement, sludge, bitch, warhol, anaerobic, valerie, soda, acronym, earth, cum, calcium, algae, rats, zombie, pigs, cooked, hardcore, soap, punk, blame, sodium, feminist, proud, cutting, rises, rob, denver, jesse, destroy, bassist, pond, drummer, radical, liquid, guitarist, drums, cards, layer, metal, billy, bbc, bands, tag, alan, remove, attracted, boundaries, tanks, band, hard.

Words that rhyme with scum:
become, come, from, overcome, gum, income, plum, sum, some, cum, plumb, thumb, drum, succumb, outcome, bum, dumb, alum, hum, them, scrum, numb, mum, rum, thrum, scrim, crumb, slum, glum, um, chum, strum, humdrum, lum, exum, maam, dum, yum, stum, rule of thumb, clum, dumm, gmbh, swum, rhumb, humm, umm, frum, abstain from, blue gum, crum, grum, shrum, refrain from, lumb, net income, disposable income, snare drum, mumm, how come, brum, keep from, stumm, spirit gum, green thumb, chewing gum, shy away from, brake drum, tom thumb, bubble gum, red gum, desist from, shum, steel drum, bass drum, bay rum, side drum, goodrum, thum, allegheny plum, shrink from, unearned income, damson plum, black gum, japanese plum, sweet gum, cherry plum, escape from, hog plum, tidy sum, bongo drum, keep mum, per capita income, brumm, date plum, beach plum, jamaica rum, stay away from, alleghany plum, coco plum.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scum:
green, thick, such, white, very, thin, brown, oily, black, filthy, yellow, dirty, human, greasy, lowest, greenish, frothy, pond, red, worthless, heavy, dark, mere, metallic, much, iridescent, worst, slimy, northern, whitish, foreign, blue, gray, vile, light, rich, slight, foul, criminal, insoluble, life, fine, algal, yellowish, brownish, looking, fascist, grey, rotten, vilest, like, unsightly, foamy, miserable, coloured, bright, nazi, irish, top, sticky, cowardly, evil, dry, gelatinous, bloody, drunken, alien, communist, wretched, dense, murderous, colored, ignorant, reddish, poisonous, soapy, curious, stagnant, visible, bourgeois, muddy, bacterial, viscous.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scum:
formation, layer, sucking, bag, removal, bags, board, boards, rises, baffle, forms, stuff, form, accumulation, ice, gutters, material, leaden, buildup, yeast, breaker, bucket, eye, sucker, hole, surface, water, floating, marks, collection, earth, wall, devices, collectors, particles, friends, gutter, cake, pack, float, preventer, troubles, coin, presses, liquor, facilities, riseth, weir, trough, present, baffles.

Consonant match to scum:
scheme, scam, skim, scomm.

Words that sound like scum:
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