3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skimming \Skim"ming\, n.
1. The act of one who skims.
2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
chiefly used in the plural; as the skimmings of broth.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
skimming
n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a
liquid
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: {skim}]
3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on
it
4: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: {grazing}, {shaving}]
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