Dictionary Entry
scum
scum is a 4-letter English word with 8 senses as verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
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.
- 2verb
refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless.
- 3transitive verb
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim.
- 4transitive verb
To sweep or range over the surface of.
- 5intransitive verb
To form a scum; to become covered with scum. Also used figuratively.
- 6noun
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- 7noun
worthless people
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- 8verb
remove the scum from
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