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"derived": [
{
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"word": "cyberscum"
},
{
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"word": "descum"
},
{
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"word": "offscum"
},
{
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"word": "pond scum"
},
{
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"word": "scrunge"
},
{
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"word": "scumbag"
},
{
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"word": "scumball"
},
{
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"word": "scumboard"
},
{
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"word": "scumbreath"
},
{
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"word": "scumbutt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumface"
},
{
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"word": "scumfuck"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumhead"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumhole"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumless"
},
{
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"word": "scumlike"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumlord"
},
{
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"word": "scummer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scummy"
},
{
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"word": "scum of the earth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scum-ridden"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumshit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumsucker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumsucking"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scum valve"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumwad"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "scumware"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "soap scum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "truscum"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scum"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scum",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scome"
},
"expansion": "scome",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "skum"
},
"expansion": "skum",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "skome"
},
"expansion": "skome",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scumme"
},
"expansion": "scumme",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dum",
"3": "schūme",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skūmaz",
"t": "froth, foam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kewH-",
"t": "to cover, conceal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schuim",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schuim (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skuum"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skuum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Schaum",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "German Schaum (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Swedish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skum",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "skum (“foam”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "écume",
"t": "scum"
},
"expansion": "French écume (“scum”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "schiuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Italian schiuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Skuum"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Skuum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "scuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian scuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "schome",
"t": "scum, foam"
},
"expansion": "Walloon schome (“scum, foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "šamas",
"t": "catfish"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "skanus",
"t": "tasty"
},
"expansion": "skanus (“tasty”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "skim"
},
"expansion": "skim",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scums",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water)."
],
"id": "en-scum-en-noun-3S3EVIS0",
"links": [
[
"impurities",
"impurity"
],
[
"molten",
"molten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dross"
},
{
"word": "impurity"
},
{
"word": "impurities"
},
{
"word": "cinder"
},
{
"word": "scoriae"
},
{
"word": "slag"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaškūša",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كشكوشة"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nečista pjana",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нечиста пяна"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escòria"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "feĉo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skúm"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "kuona"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écume"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couche"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mousse"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crasse"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escoura"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escumallo"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "borra"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "de",
"english": "foamy",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abschaum"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "de",
"english": "otherwise",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwimmschlamm"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "in a vessel",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rand"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóvrasma",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απόβρασμα"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóvlito",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απόβλητο"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lámpē",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λάμπη"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "paska"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "scuma"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impurità"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "parawai"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schlekj"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "szumowiny"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "escória"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"alt": "гря́зная",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "péna",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пе́на"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nákipʹ",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́кипь"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nečistóty",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
"word": "нечисто́ты"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escoria"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "teṭṭu",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "తెట్టు"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "locally \"home\", \"chume\", \"scume\"",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schome"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 7 14 8 1",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "èérú"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "These organisms form scum in large quantities.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds"
],
"id": "en-scum-en-noun-H5w~p31l",
"links": [
[
"vegetation",
"vegetation"
],
[
"algae",
"algae"
],
[
"pond",
"pond"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdet"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "fi",
"english": "algae",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"word": "leväpuuro"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdullo"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdelixo"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lomeaco"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Algenteppich"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "Entengrütze"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mucillagine"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"word": "tátłʼid"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grønske"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sly"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 79 5 6 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tína",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́на"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank."
],
"id": "en-scum-en-noun-TSiYwGiU",
"links": [
[
"cesspool",
"cesspool"
],
[
"septic tank",
"septic tank"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 2 88 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank",
"word": "pintaliete"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "American English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "15 18 11 30 3 4 5 2 3 3 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, New York: New American Library, →OCLC, page 80",
"text": "Horse, who was always talking about facts, said, “Man, that can't be scum, ’cause scum is white.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Semen."
],
"id": "en-scum-en-noun-QrGgcU0K",
"links": [
[
"Semen",
"semen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "semen"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A reprehensible person or persons."
],
"id": "en-scum-en-noun-X3W4y3LP",
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"reprehensible",
"reprehensible"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bastard"
},
{
"word": "jerk"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otrepka",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отрепка"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "escòria"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "púrria"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "afskum"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "tuig"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "aĉulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"also",
"collective"
],
"word": "ŝaŭmo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "feĉulo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"also",
"collective"
],
"word": "feĉo"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "roskaväki"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "pohjasakka"
},
{
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"feminine"
],
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
"code": "fr",
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"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"masculine"
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"neuter"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"feminine"
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"neuter"
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"feminine"
],
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"masculine"
],
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"collective",
"feminine"
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"collective",
"neuter"
],
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{
"_dis1": "2 1 5 1 91",
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"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "отре́бье"
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{
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"feminine"
],
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"feminine"
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{
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"feminine"
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],
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{
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"1": "it",
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"ref": "1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pages 321–322",
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"ref": "1815, Rudolf Ackerman, Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics",
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{
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{
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{
"word": "pond scum"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"word": "truscum"
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"expansion": "Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skūmaz",
"t": "froth, foam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)kewH-",
"t": "to cover, conceal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "schuim",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Dutch schuim (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "skuum"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian skuum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Schaum",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "German Schaum (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Swedish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "skum",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "skum (“foam”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "écume",
"t": "scum"
},
"expansion": "French écume (“scum”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "schiuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Italian schiuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Skuum"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Skuum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "scuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian scuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "schome",
"t": "scum, foam"
},
"expansion": "Walloon schome (“scum, foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "šamas",
"t": "catfish"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "skanus",
"t": "tasty"
},
"expansion": "skanus (“tasty”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "skim"
},
"expansion": "skim",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scums",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "scum (countable and uncountable, plural scums)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water)."
],
"links": [
[
"impurities",
"impurity"
],
[
"molten",
"molten"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dross"
},
{
"word": "impurity"
},
{
"word": "impurities"
},
{
"word": "cinder"
},
{
"word": "scoriae"
},
{
"word": "slag"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "These organisms form scum in large quantities.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds"
],
"links": [
[
"vegetation",
"vegetation"
],
[
"algae",
"algae"
],
[
"pond",
"pond"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable) A greenish water vegetation (such as algae), usually found floating on the surface of ponds"
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank."
],
"links": [
[
"cesspool",
"cesspool"
],
[
"septic tank",
"septic tank"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, New York: New American Library, →OCLC, page 80",
"text": "Horse, who was always talking about facts, said, “Man, that can't be scum, ’cause scum is white.”",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Semen."
],
"links": [
[
"Semen",
"semen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, slang, chiefly US) Semen."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "semen"
}
],
"tags": [
"US",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English derogatory terms",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "People who sell used-up pens are scum, just total low-lives.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A reprehensible person or persons."
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"reprehensible",
"reprehensible"
],
[
"person",
"person"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(derogatory, slang) A reprehensible person or persons."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bastard"
},
{
"word": "jerk"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"derogatory",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skʌm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌm"
},
{
"audio": "En-us-scum.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-us-scum.ogg/En-us-scum.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-us-scum.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "skum"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ary",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "kaškūša",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"Moroccan-Arabic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "كشكوشة"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nečista pjana",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нечиста пяна"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escòria"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "feĉo"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skúm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "kuona"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "écume"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "couche"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mousse"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crasse"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escoura"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escumallo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "borra"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "foamy",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abschaum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "otherwise",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Schwimmschlamm"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "in a vessel",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"informal",
"masculine"
],
"word": "Rand"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóvrasma",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απόβρασμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóvlito",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απόβλητο"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "lámpē",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "λάμπη"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "paska"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "scuma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "impurità"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "parawai"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schlekj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "szumowiny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "escória"
},
{
"alt": "гря́зная",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "péna",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "пе́на"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nákipʹ",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "на́кипь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nečistóty",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural",
"plural-only"
],
"word": "нечисто́ты"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escoria"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "teṭṭu",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "తెట్టు"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"note": "locally \"home\", \"chume\", \"scume\"",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schome"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "layer of impurities",
"word": "èérú"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "algae",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"word": "leväpuuro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdullo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "verdelixo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lomeaco"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Algenteppich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"informal"
],
"word": "Entengrütze"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mucillagine"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"word": "tátłʼid"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "grønske"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "sly"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tína",
"sense": "greenish water vegetation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ти́на"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "topmost liquid layer of a cesspool or septic tank",
"word": "pintaliete"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otrepka",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "отрепка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "escòria"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "púrria"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "afskum"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "tuig"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "aĉulo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"also",
"collective"
],
"word": "ŝaŭmo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "feĉulo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"also",
"collective"
],
"word": "feĉo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "roskaväki"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "pohjasakka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ordure"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "salaud"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "racaille"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"Louisiana",
"feminine"
],
"word": "drigaille"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "xentalla"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gandaiada"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cafualla"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gafullada"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Abschaum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Geschmeiß"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "apóvrasma",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "απόβρασμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kátharma",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κάθαρμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ẖel'á",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חֶלְאָה"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gramaisc"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "waste gyal"
},
{
"code": "jam",
"lang": "Jamaican Creole",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "waste man"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "caenum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sentīna"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "faex"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "džgan",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "џган"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "podlec",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подлец"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "szumowina"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "podlec"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wyrodek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escória"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podléc",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "подле́ц"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negodjáj",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "негодя́й"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svóločʹ",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"also",
"collective",
"feminine"
],
"word": "сво́лочь"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otródʹje",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"collective",
"neuter"
],
"word": "отро́дье"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otrébʹje",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отре́бье"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "švalʹ",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шваль"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "néčistʹ",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "не́чисть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sbrod",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сброд"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šúšera",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шу́шера"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šantropá",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шантропа́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentuza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "escoria"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"word": "canalla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "avskum"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kräk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "as"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "jävel"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "person or persons considered to be reprehensible",
"tags": [
"plural"
],
"word": "gwehilion"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scum"
],
"word": "scum"
}
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"name": "inh"
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{
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{
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"2": "skuum"
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{
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"1": "de",
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{
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "écume",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "schiuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Italian schiuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Skuum"
},
"expansion": "Saterland Frisian Skuum",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "scuma",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Sicilian scuma (“foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wa",
"2": "schome",
"t": "scum, foam"
},
"expansion": "Walloon schome (“scum, foam”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "šamas",
"t": "catfish"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "skanus",
"t": "tasty"
},
"expansion": "skanus (“tasty”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "skim"
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"expansion": "skim",
"name": "m"
}
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.",
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{
"form": "scums",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "scumming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
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{
"form": "scummed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
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"tags": [
"past"
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.)."
],
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"remove",
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],
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"layer",
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"glosses": [
"To remove (something) as scum."
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[
"scum",
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},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1769, Elizabeth Raffald, The Experienced English House-keeper, pages 321–322",
"text": "Take the smallest Cucumbers you can get, and as free from Spots as possible, put them into a strong Salt and Water for nine or ten Days, or 'till they are quite Yellow, and stir them twice a Day at least, or they will scum over, and grow soft",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become covered with scum."
],
"links": [
[
"covered",
"covered"
],
[
"scum",
"#Noun"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To scour (the land, sea, etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"scour",
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[
"land",
"land"
],
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"sea",
"sea"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To scour (the land, sea, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
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},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1815, Rudolf Ackerman, Frederic Shoberl, The Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics",
"text": "A great majority of the members are scummed together from the Jacobinical dregs of former periods of the revolution.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To gather together, as scum."
],
"links": [
[
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[
"together",
"together"
],
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"scum",
"#Noun"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To gather together, as scum."
],
"tags": [
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},
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"English informal terms",
"en:Video games"
],
"glosses": [
"To startscum or savescum."
],
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[
"video game",
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[
"startscum",
"startscum"
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[
"savescum",
"savescum"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(video games, informal) To startscum or savescum."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/skʌm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌm"
},
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"audio": "En-us-scum.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d9/En-us-scum.ogg/En-us-scum.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/En-us-scum.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "audio (US)"
}
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"tags": [
"obsolete"
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"word": "skum"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "remove layer of scum",
"word": "afskumme"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scum"
],
"word": "scum"
}
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