Scum - English meaning

noun

A thing used to protect, decorate, or conceal something else.

Usage examples:

A vinyl floor covering

adjective

(of shooting) carried out to protect an exposed person from an enemy.

Usage examples:

We retreated behind spurts of covering fire

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something.

Usage examples:

Jo wiped the dirt off her face

noun

Earth or a substance like it that has gotten on the surface of something such as your skin

Usage examples:

I sat on the ground and got dirt on my pants., after the rain, the woods smelled of wet dirt and gr…

noun

Something regarded as worthless; rubbish.

Usage examples:

There are bargains if you have the patience to sift through the dross

noun

Something that has no use or no value

Usage examples:

So much of what's on tv is pure dross., we read all the manuscripts but 95 percent are dross.

noun

A thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures.

Usage examples:

He had already shot a whole roll of film

verb

Capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a film of (a story, event, or book).

Usage examples:

She glowered at the television crew who were filming them

verb

To make pictures of something in making a movie, or to make a movie

Usage examples:

[ t ] her last movie was filmed in spain., a roll of film, i didn’t get my film developed yet., a f…

noun

A mass of small bubbles formed on or in liquid, typically by agitation or fermentation.

Usage examples:

A beer with a thick head of foam

verb

Form or produce a mass of small bubbles; froth.

Usage examples:

The sea foamed beneath them

noun

A mass of small, usually white, bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid

Usage examples:

The waves were high and capped with foam., the suds in the sink foamed up when she added hot water.

noun

A mass of small bubbles in liquid caused by agitation, fermentation, or salivating.

Usage examples:

Leave the yeast until there is a good head of froth

verb

Form or contain a rising or overflowing mass of small bubbles.

Usage examples:

The red blood frothed at his lips

noun

A mass of small bubbles, esp. on the surface of a liquid

noun

Rubbish or waste, especially domestic refuse.

Usage examples:

Garbage littered the estate

Worthless material that is to be disposed of

noun

Waste material, esp. unwanted food, or a container in which waste is kept

Usage examples:

She threw the cheese in the garbage., take the garbage can/bags out to the curb to be picked up., t…

noun

A sheet, quantity, or thickness of material, typically one of several, covering a surface or body.

Usage examples:

Arrange a layer of aubergines in a dish

verb

Arrange in a layer or layers.

Usage examples:

In an ovenproof dish layer the potato and courgette slices

noun

A thin sheet of a substance on top of a surface, or a level of material that is different from the material on either side

Usage examples:

We put on two layers of paint., the road was built up with layers of crushed stone and asphalt., he…

noun

A disorderly crowd; a mob.

Usage examples:

He was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths

noun

The mass of people who are ordinary, unimportant, and poor, and sometimes threatening

verb

Indicate or show that one is not willing to do something.

Usage examples:

I refused to answer

noun

Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless; rubbish.

Usage examples:

Heaps of refuse

noun

People with a bad reputation or of a low social class

Usage examples:

She says that charging high prices will keep the riff-raff out.

verb

Lather, cover, or wash in soapy water.

Usage examples:

Martha sudsed my back

plural noun

Froth made from soap and water.

Usage examples:

She was up to her elbows in suds

abbreviation

Imperial or metric ton(s).

Usage examples:

Lithuania produced 512,000 t of sulphuric acid in 1989

contraction

The word ‘it’, attached to the end of a verb, especially in the transcription of regional spoken use.

Usage examples:

I'll never do’t again

suffix

Equivalent to -est2 (as in shalt ).

noun

Waste material; refuse.

Usage examples:

The subway entrance was blocked with trash

verb

Damage or destroy.

Usage examples:

My apartment's been totally trashed

noun

Anything that is worthless and of low quality; waste

Usage examples:

We filled three cans with trash from the garage., i simply trash that kind of mail., some people se…

noun

Wild animals that are believed to be harmful to crops, farm animals, or game, or which carry disease, e.g. rodents.

Usage examples:

Killed as vermin or game, the pumas have gone

plural noun

Small animals and insects that are harmful or annoying and are often difficult to control

Usage examples:

She reported an infestation of vermin, including rats, in the basement of the apartment house.