Definitions
remove the scum from
Word origin
From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”).
Used in a sentence
“During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.”
“These organisms form scum in large quantities.”
“Horse, who was always talking about facts, said, “Man, that can't be scum, ’cause scum is white.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pond film”4 letters
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