scummy

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Covered in scum

We have to wash your trousers: they're all scummy.

sleazy, worthless, no good
of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"
Covered with scum; of the nature of scum
{s} covered with a dirty film; despicable, mean, nasty
covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond"
covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond
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To remove (something) as scum

Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great .

scum
The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank
scum
A person or persons considered to be reprehensible
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To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.)
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A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
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To scour (the land, sea etc.)

Soo by Merlyns aduys ther were sente fore rydars to skumme the Countreye, & they mette with the fore rydars of the north .

scum
worthless people
scum
{n} froth, dross, refuse, dregs of the people
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{v} to take off the scum or foulness
scum
A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water)
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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
scum
{f} remove impurities; remove the foul membrane from the surface of a liquid; form a foul membrane, become covered with a dirty film
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{i} filth, dirt; waste, rubbish; foul film or slime that forms atop a liquid; riffraff, rabble, mob
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The extraneous or foreign matter which rises to the surface of the water and forms a layer or a film there It can also be a residue deposited on the tile or walls of the pool or spa Sources of scum are soap, oil, deodorant, hair spray, suntan lotions and others
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Also used figuratively
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Floatable materials found on the surface of primary and secondary settling tanks consisting of food wastes, grease, fats, paper, foam, and similar matter
scum
a colorless or nearly colorless residue derived from the processing of photoscreen stencils which may lodge in the stencil openings, thus blocking those areas of the printing screen when improper or incomplete washing out of the stencil occurs
scum
To take the scum from; to clear off the impure matter from the surface of; to skim
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Any material that floats to the surface of wastewater during treatment, usually removed in sedimentation tanks
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disapproval If you refer to people as scum, you are expressing your feelings of dislike and disgust for them
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Scum is a layer of a dirty or unpleasant-looking substance on the surface of a liquid. scum marks around the bath
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A film of ink that prints in a non-printing area of the plate
scum
is unwanted ink marks in the non-image area
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To sweep or range over the surface of
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(a) A floating layer of unmelted material on the molten glass surface (b) The light colored marks which appear along the edges and as finger-prints on unglazed ware and bisque, caused by soluble salts in the clay Adding barium carbonate to the clay body will prevent scumming
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layer of impurities formed on the surface when sugar is heated - mechanical impurities such as dust and dirt in the early years, extracted using bullock's blood / albumen which entangled most of the impurities floating in the solution and raised them to the surface in the form of a thick scum, which was carefully removed
scum
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
scum
refuse; recrement; anything vile or worthless
scum
Traces of printing ink which temporarily adhere, during litho printing, to the non-image area of the plate due to its inability to repel ink
scum
the floatable materials that form an accumulating layer on the liquid surface inside a primary waste water treatment tank; includes oils, grease and soaps
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In offset-lithography, a film of ink printing in the non-image areas of the plate where it should not print
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To form a scum; to become covered with scum
scummy

    Hyphenation

    scum·my

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'sk&m ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle Dutch schum; akin to Old High German scum foam.
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