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Word: scum
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Meaning:
Noun:
- slang A person or persons considered to be reprehensible.
- The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
- uncountable A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
- uncountable A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
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Verb:
- obsolete To scour (the land, sea etc.).
- To remove (something) as scum.
- To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
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