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[Skim]

To skim is to remove something from the surface of a liquid. Some cooks skim the fat off of the top of their chicken noodle soup, others skim the cream off milk to make skim (or skimmed) milk.

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To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

Noun
reading or glancing through quickly

Noun
a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

Verb
read superficially

Verb
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

Verb
remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"

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Verb
coat (a liquid) with a layer

Verb
cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

Verb
travel on the surface of water

Verb
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

Adjective S.
used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"


v. t.
To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

v. t.
To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.

v. t.
To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

v. t.
Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.

v. i.
To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

v. i.
To hasten along with superficial attention.

v. i.
To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

a.
Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.


Skim

Skim , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. &root;158. See Scum.] 1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth. 2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream. 3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.

Skim

Skim, v. i. 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.
2. To hasten along with superficial attention.
They skim over a science in a very superficial survey.
3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

Skim

Skim, a. Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed. Skim coat, the final or finishing coat of plaster. -- Skim colter, a colter for paring off the surface of land. -- Skim milk, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

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Usage Examples

You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.

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