SCUM (scummed, scumming)
Dictionary entry overview: What does scum mean?
• SCUM (noun)
The noun SCUM has 2 senses:
1. worthless people
2. a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
Familiarity information: SCUM used as a noun is rare.
• SCUM (verb)
The verb SCUM has 1 sense:
1. remove the scum from
Familiarity information: SCUM used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCUM (noun)
Meaning:
Worthless people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
scum; trash
Hypernyms ("scum" is a kind of...):
rabble; ragtag; ragtag and bobtail; riffraff (disparaging terms for the common people)
Meaning:
A film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("scum" is a kind of...):
film (a thin coating or layer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scum"):
dross; scoria; slag (the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals)
• SCUM (verb)
Meaning:
Remove the scum from
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "scum" is one way to...):
get rid of; remove (dispose of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
