"skim" in the noun sense

1. skim

a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

"there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

2. skim, skimming

reading or glancing through quickly

"skim" in the verb sense

1. plane, skim

travel on the surface of water

2. skim over, skim

move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

3. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down

examine hastily

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

4. skim, skip, skitter

cause to skip over a surface

"Skip a stone across the pond"

5. skim

coat (a liquid) with a layer

6. skim, skim off, cream off, cream

remove from the surface

"skim cream from the surface of milk"

7. skim, skim over

read superficially

"skim" in the adjective sense

1. skim, skimmed

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"

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