The Database of Semantic Shifts in the languages of the world

foam → dregs of society 2 realizations GROUP: Germanic

ID	Relation type	Meaning 1	Direction	Meaning 2

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ACCEPTED Realization 1
type		Polysemy
language		English
lexeme		scum
meaning 1	scum
meaning 2	nullity, squalid person
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ACCEPTED Realization 2
type		Polysemy
language		German
lexeme		Abschaum
meaning 1	foam, scum
meaning 2	scum (fig.)
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