skim

Noun · Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: skimmingplaneskim overscanrakeglance overrun downskipskitterskim offcream offcream

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid“there was a thin skim of oil on the water”
  2. reading or glancing through quicklySynonyms: skimming

Verb (7)

  1. travel on the surface of waterSynonyms: plane
  2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface ofSynonyms: skim over
  3. examine hastily“She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”Synonyms: scanrakeglance overrun down
  4. cause to skip over a surface“Skip a stone across the pond”Synonyms: skipskitter
  5. coat (a liquid) with a layer
  6. remove from the surface“skim cream from the surface of milk”Synonyms: skim offcream offcream
  7. read superficiallySynonyms: skim over

Adjective (1)

  1. 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”Synonyms: skimmed
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Webster's Dictionary (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]

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]

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]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Skim

<language> A Scheme implementation with packages and other enhancements, by Alain Deutsch et al, France.

(2000-11-02)

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