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Skim Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Skim? [n] reading or glancing through quickly [adj] 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] read superficially [v] move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [v] remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [v] coat with a layer; of liquids [v] cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [v] travel on the surface of water [v] examine hastily Synonyms \| Synonyms for Skim: cream \| cream off \| fat-free \| fatless \| glance over \| nonfat \| plane \| rake \| run down \| scan \| skim off \| skim over \| skim over \| skimmed \| skimming \| skip \| skitter Related Terms \| Find terms related to Skim: See Also \| aquaplane \| coat \| examine \| glide \| read \| reading \| remove \| see \| surface \| take \| take away \| throw \| touch \| withdraw Skim In Webster's Dictionary \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. --Hazlitt. 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\, 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. --Pope. 2. To hasten along with superficial attention. They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. --I. Watts. 3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster. \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.

Skim Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Skim?

[n] reading or glancing through quickly
[adj] 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] read superficially
[v] move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
[v] remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
[v] coat with a layer; of liquids
[v] cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
[v] travel on the surface of water
[v] examine hastily

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Skim In Webster's Dictionary

\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.                                --Hazlitt.

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\, 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.
                                               --Pope.

2. To hasten along with superficial attention.

         They skim over a science in a very superficial
         survey.                               --I. Watts.

3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster.


\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.

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