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skimmed |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skim \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skimmed 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" [syn: {skim}]
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