Read full poem →The sundew and the pitcher plant; in shallows,
Where the green scum floats languidly you'll find
The water lily with white petals and
Dictionary Entry
A layer of impurities that accumulates at the surface of a liquid (especially molten metal or water).
In a Sentence
“During smelting, scum rises to the surface and is then removed by the smelter.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. scumscum greenscum pond
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Poetry examples for “scum”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Again, what soiled obscurity was this:
Out of what scum, and up from what abyss,
Had they arrived--these rags of memory?
Read full poem →And prudently did not think fit to engage
The scum of a playhouse, for the prop of an age.