WORD: SCUM
MEANING:
1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
2. (Biology) the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
3. (Metallurgy) Also called: dross or scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
4. waste matter
5. a worthless person or group of people
vb, scums, scumming or scummed
6. (tr) to remove scum from
7. (intr) to form a layer of or become covered with scum
8. layer, skin
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Protecting the earth from the scum of the Universe
PRONOUNCE:
scum - स्कम
LINK: SCUM
MEANING:
1. a layer of impure matter that forms on the surface of a liquid, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
2. (Biology) the greenish film of algae and similar vegetation surface of a stagnant pond
3. (Metallurgy) Also called: dross or scruff the skin of oxides or impurities on the surface of a molten metal
4. waste matter
5. a worthless person or group of people
vb, scums, scumming or scummed
6. (tr) to remove scum from
7. (intr) to form a layer of or become covered with scum
8. layer, skin
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Protecting the earth from the scum of the Universe
PRONOUNCE:
scum - स्कम
LINK: SCUM
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