skim

  • (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
    skimmed,

Nouns

  • (n) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
    • there was a thin skim of oil on the water
  • (n) reading or glancing through quickly skimming,

Verbs

  • (v) travel on the surface of water plane,
  • (v) move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of skim over,
  • (v) examine hastily
    • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    glance over, scan, rake, run down,
  • (v) cause to skip over a surface
    • Skip a stone across the pond
    skitter, skip,
  • (v) coat (a liquid) with a layer
  • (v) remove from the surface
    • skim cream from the surface of milk
    cream off, skim off, cream,
  • (v) read superficially skim over,

Synonyms

plane skimmed skim over skimming glance over scan rake run down skitter skip cream off skim off cream

See also

cream off skim off

Words of close approximity

skid skin skip skit
ski sky
skag Skaw skeg skep skew skid skin skip skit skua
skimcoat skimmed skimmed milk skimmer skim milk skimming skim off skim over skimp skimpily skimp over skimpy