scum

Denizione di  scum - dizionario di inglese del sito grammaticainglese.org - definizione traduzione e spiegazione grammaticale

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Definizione monolingua


scum


Verb

scum (third-person singular simple present scums, present participle scumming, simple past and past participle scummed)


  1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
  2. To remove (something) as scum.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
      Some scumd the drosse, that from the metall came; / Some stird the molten owre with ladles great [...].
  3. (obsolete) To scour (the land, sea etc.).
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.13:
      Soo by Merlyns aduys ther were sente fore rydars to skumme the Countreye, & they mette with the fore rydars of the north [...].
Noun

scum (countable and uncountable; plural scums)


  1. (uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
  2. (uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds
  3. The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank.
  4. (countable) (derogatory, slang) A person or persons considered to be reprehensible.

Definizione dizionario scum


scoria
  A layer of impurities
schiuma
feccia
gentaglia

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

Traduzione scum


scoria ,schiuma ,feccia ,gentaglia

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