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scum

/skʌm/ verbo C2

En español: espumar, desespumar, cubrirse de espuma

  1. To remove the layer of scum from (a liquid etc.).
  2. To remove (something) as scum.
  3. To become covered with scum.
  4. To startscum or savescum. (informal)

He/she/it scums · Pasado scummed · Participio pasado scummed · Forma en -ing scumming

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Formas del verbo

Forma base
scum
He/she/it
scums
Pasado
scummed
Participio pasado
scummed
Forma en -ing
scumming

De la biblioteca

I take them when they come in my way, but I do not hunt the Bandar-log, or frogs--or green scum on a water-hole, for that matter.”
The Jungle Book, p. 45 · B2
From the end of it a small wand planted here and there showed where the path zigzagged from tuft to tuft of rushes among those green-scummed pits and foul quagmires which barred the way to the stranger.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 199 · C1
The exclamations, the insults addressed to Benedetto, who remained perfectly unconcerned, the energetic gestures, the movement of the gendarmes, the sneers of the scum of the crowd always sure to rise to the surface in case of any disturbance—all this lasted five minutes, before the door-keepers and magistrates were able to restore silence.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 1056 · C1

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