'Skim' definitions:
Definition of 'skim'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: skim, skimmed]
noun
A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
noun
Reading or glancing through quickly [syn: skim, skimming]
verb
Travel on the surface of water [syn: plane, skim]
verb
Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn: skim over, skim]
verb
Examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down]
verb
verb
Coat (a liquid) with a layer
verb
Remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: skim, skim off, cream off, cream]
verb
Read superficially [syn: skim, skim over]
Definition of 'Skim'
From: GCIDE
- Skim \Skim\, v. i.
- 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. [1913 Webster]
- Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To hasten along with superficial attention. [1913 Webster]
- They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Skim'
From: GCIDE
- Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of. [1913 Webster]
- Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. --Hazlitt. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Skim'
From: GCIDE
- Skim \Skim\, a. Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'skim'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avalanche,
- ball the jack,
- barrel,
- blink,
- boom,
- bowl along,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- browse,
- brush,
- brush by,
- carefully ignore,
- caress,
- carom,
- clip,
- coast,
- cold-shoulder,
- come in contact,
- contact,
- cream,
- cut a corner,
- cut along,
- cut corners,
- dap,
- dart,
- dip into,
- dodge,
- drift,
- examine cursorily,
- fleet,
- flit,
- float,
- flow,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foot,
- fudge,
- ghost,
- give the once-over,
- glance,
- glance at,
- glance over,
- glance through,
- glide,
- glissade,
- go fast,
- graze,
- highball,
- hit,
- ice-skate,
- impinge,
- kiss,
- make knots,
- nip,
- nudge,
- osculate,
- outstrip the wind,
- page through,
- pass over,
- pass over lightly,
- plow the deep,
- pour it on,
- remove,
- ricochet,
- ride,
- ride the sea,
- rip,
- roller-skate,
- rub,
- run,
- run over,
- run through,
- sail,
- scamp,
- scan,
- scorch,
- scrape,
- scratch the surface,
- scud,
- separate,
- shave,
- shoot,
- sideslip,
- sideswipe,
- sizzle,
- skate,
- skateboard,
- ski,
- skid,
- skim over,
- skim the surface,
- skimp,
- skip,
- skip over,
- skirt,
- sled,
- sleigh,
- slidder,
- slide,
- slide down,
- slight,
- slip,
- slip through,
- slither,
- slubber over,
- slur,
- slur over,
- soar,
- speed,
- squeak by,
- storm along,
- sweep,
- take off,
- tear,
- tear along,
- thumb over,
- thumb through,
- thunder along,
- toboggan,
- touch,
- touch lightly,
- touch upon,
- touch upon lightly,
- walk the waters,
- whisk,
- whiz,
- zing,
- zip,
- zip through,
- zoom