skim

skim

 (skĭm)

v. skimmed, skim·ming, skims

v.tr.

1.

a. To remove floating matter from (a liquid).

b. To remove (floating matter) from a liquid.

2.

a. To embezzle (money) by taking a small portion on each transaction: corrupt governments skimming money from foreign aid.

b. To fail to declare part of (certain income, such as winnings) to avoid tax payment.

c. To copy information from (a credit card) as part of a skimming fraud.

3. To coat or cover with a thin layer: "the still, shallow water solidly frozen and skimmed with white" (Barbara Hurd).

4.

a. To throw so as to bounce or slide: skimming stones on the pond.

b. To glide or pass quickly and lightly over or along (a surface). See Synonyms at brush¹.

5.

a. To read or glance through (a book, for example) quickly or superficially.

b. To glance over quickly; scan: skimmed the crowd for a familiar face.

c. To touch lightly or superficially on: a survey course that barely skimmed the surface of Latin American history.

v.intr.

1. To move or pass swiftly and lightly over or near a surface; glide.

2. To fail to declare certain income to avoid tax payment.

3. To give a quick and superficial reading, scrutiny, or consideration; glance: skimmed through the newspaper.

4. To become coated with a thin layer.

n.

1. The act of skimming.

2. Something that has been skimmed.

3. A thin layer or film: a skim of ice on the pond.

4. The money stolen by skimming from an account or business operation.

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[Middle English skimmen, perhaps from Old French escumer, to remove scum, from escume, scum, of Germanic origin; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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skim

(skɪm)

vb, skims, skimming or skimmed

1. (tr) to remove floating material from the surface of (a liquid), as with a spoon: to skim milk.

2. to glide smoothly or lightly over (a surface)

3. (tr) to throw (something) in a path over a surface, so as to bounce or ricochet: to skim stones over water.

4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (when: intr, usually foll by through) to read (a book) in a superficial or cursory manner

5. to cover (a liquid) with a thin layer or (of liquid) to become coated in this way, as with ice, scum, etc

n

6. the act or process of skimming

7. (Cookery) material skimmed off a liquid, esp off milk

8. the liquid left after skimming

9. any thin layer covering a surface

[C15 skimmen, probably from scumen to skim; see scum]

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skim

(skɪm)

v. skimmed, skim•ming,
n. v.t.

1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle.

2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk.

3. to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of water).

4. to throw in a smooth, gliding path over or near a surface, or so as to bounce or ricochet along a surface: skimmed a stone across the lake.

5. to read, study, consider, treat, etc., in a superficial or cursory manner.

6. to cover with a thin film or layer: Ice skimmed the lake at night.

7. to take the best or most available parts or items from: bargain hunters skimming the flea markets at sunrise.

8. to take (the best parts or items) from something.

9. to conceal a portion of (winnings, earnings, etc.) in order to avoid paying taxes, fees, or the like on the full amount (sometimes fol. by off).

v.i.

10. to pass or glide lightly over or near a surface.

11. to read, study, consider, etc., something in a superficial or cursory way.

12. to become covered with a thin film or layer.

13. to conceal some part of income or profits; practice skimming.

n.

14. an act or instance of skimming.

15. something that is skimmed off.

16. a thin layer or film formed on the surface of something, esp. a liquid.

17. the amount taken or concealed by skimming.

18. skim milk.

[1375–1425; Middle English skymen, skemen < Old French escumer, derivative of escume impurities, scum < Vulgar Latin *scūma « West Germanic; see scum]

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skim

Past participle: skimmed
Gerund: skimming

Imperative

skim

skim

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skim

To remove fat or scum from the surface of a liquid.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	skim - a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water" covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover"
	2.	skim - reading or glancing through quickly skimming reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
Verb	1.	skim - travel on the surface of water plane glide - move smoothly and effortlessly aquaplane - ride on an aquaplane aquaplane - rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road; "the car aquaplaned"
	2.	skim - move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of skim over touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
	3.	skim - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" glance over, scan, rake, run down examine, see - observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"
	4.	skim - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" skitter, skip throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	5.	skim - coat (a liquid) with a layer coat, surface - put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface; "coat the cake with chocolate"
	6.	skim - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" cream off, skim off, cream remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" cream off, skim off - pick the best
	7.	skim - read superficially skim over read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
Adj.	1.	skim - 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 fat-free, fatless, nonfat - without fat or fat solids; "nonfat or fat-free milk"

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skim

verb

1. remove, separate, cream, take off, spoon off, ladle off Skim off the fat.

2. glide, fly, coast, plane, sail, float, brush, dart, scud seagulls skimming over the waves

3. (usually with over or through) scan, glance, run your eye over, thumb or leaf through I only had time to skim over the script before I came here.

skim something off embezzle, steal, misappropriate, trouser (slang), defraud, knock off (slang), spirit away If I read this right, he skimmed off about thirty million.

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skim

verb

1. To strike a surface at such an angle as to be deflected:

carom, dap, glance, graze, ricochet, skip.

2. To make light and momentary contact with, as in passing:

brush, flick, graze, kiss, shave.

3. To pass quickly and lightly through the air:

dart, float, fly, sail, shoot.

4. To look through reading matter casually:

browse, dip into, flip through, glance at (or over) (or through), leaf (through), riffle (through), run through, scan, thumb (through).

noun

Light and momentary contact with another person or thing:

brush, flick, graze.

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Translations

يَتَصَفَّح، يَقْرأ بِسُرْعَهيَقْشُديَمُر مُرورا سَطْحِيّا

listovatsbíratklouzat

skimmeskumme

überfliegenabsahnenabschöpfengleiten

διατρέχω

encimahojearleerporrebotar

kimmotakuoria

desécrémerfairefeuilleterglisser

felületesen átfutsúrol

fleyta ofan afhlaupa yfirrenna yfir

rimbalzareschiumarescorrerescremarescremato

nugriebtas pienasnugriebtiperbėgti akimisperversti

izšķirstītnokrejotnoņemtnosmeltpārslīdēt acīm

afgeroomdafketsenafromenafschrapendiagonaal

danse overskumlesestryke forbi

diagonalemlersuperficialmente

răsfoi

скользить

ögna igenomskumma

çabucak gözden geçirmeksekmeksıyırıp almaküzerinden kaymak

掠过撇去漂浮物浏览略读

skim

[skɪm]

A. VT

1. [+ milk] → desnatar, descremar; [+ soup, liquid] → espumar
to skim the cream off the milk → quitar la nata a la leche, desnatar la leche
skimmed milk → leche f descremada or desnatada

2. (= graze) [+ surface] → rozar
to skim the ground [plane, bird etc] → volar a ras de la tierra

3. [+ stone] → hacer cabrillas con, hacer el salto de la rana con

4. (fig) [+ subject] → tratar superficialmente

B. VI to skim across/along the ground → pasar rozando la tierra
to skim through a book (fig) → echar una ojeada or hojear a un libro

skim off VT + ADV [+ cream, grease] → desnatar
they skimmed off the brightest pupils → separaron a la flor y nata de los alumnos

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skim

[ˈskɪm]

vt

[+ milk] → écrémer; [+ soup] → écumer

(= glide over) → raser, effleurer

(= read quickly) [+ notes, letter, article] → parcourir

skim across

vt fus (= glide over) → glisser sur

skim through

vt fus (= read quickly) → parcourirskimmed milk n → lait m écrémé

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skim

vt

(= remove floating matter) → abschöpfen; milk → entrahmen; (fig) profits → absahnen (inf)

(= pass low over) → streifen or streichen über (+acc); (fig: = touch on) → berühren; he skimmed stones across the water → er ließ Steine übers Wasser hüpfen or springen; he skimmed his hat across the room → er schleuderte seinen Hut quer durchs Zimmer; the book merely skims the surface of the problem → das Buch berührt das Problem nur an der Oberfläche

(= read quickly) → überfliegen

vi (→ über +acc) (= move quickly) → fliegen; (aircraft also) → rasch gleiten; (stones) → springen, hüpfen

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skim

[skɪm]

1. vt

a. (soup) → schiumare; (milk) → scremare
to skim the fat off the soup → schiumare il brodo
to skim the cream off the milk → scremare il latte

b. (stone) → far rimbalzare; (subj, bird, plane) to skim the water/ground → sfiorare or rasentare l'acqua/il suolo

2. vi to skim across or along → sfiorare
the stone skimmed across the ice → il sasso rimbalzò sul ghiaccio
to skim through a book (fig) → scorrere or dare una scorsa a un libro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

skim

(skim) – past tense, past participle skimmed – verb

1. to remove (floating matter, eg cream) from the surface of (a liquid). Skim the fat off the gravy. afskep يَقْشُد обирам каймак escumar sbírat abschöpfen skumme ξαφρίζωdesnatar, descremar, espumar (piima) koorima سرشير گرفتن kuoria écrémer; dégraisser לִגרוֹף मलाई हटाना obrati (mlijeko, pjenu) lefölöz mengambil kepala susu fleyta ofan af scremare すくい取る (액체 표면의 더껑이를) 걷어내다 nugriebti noņemt (no virsas); nosmelt; nokrejot melayap afscheppenskumme zbierać, szumować ځګ ټولول، پيروي ټولول، شاربل: سرسري تېريدل، سرسري لوستل، تيريدل (لكه په كتاب escumar a lua spuma; a lua smân­tâna снимать zbierať (z povrchu) posneti skinuti skumma ช้อนเอาไขมันที่ลอยเป็นฝ้าออกจากของเหลว sıyırıp almak 撈掉漂浮物 збирати بلونا، کریم نکالنا، جھاگ، چکنائی وغیرہ نکالنا hớt bọt, hớt váng 撇去漂浮物

2. to move lightly and quickly over (a surface). The skier skimmed across the snow. gly يَمُر مُرورا سَطْحِيّا плъзгам се deslizar klouzat gleiten stryge hen over περνώ ξυστά deslizar libisema نگاه اجمالي انداختن kiitää glisser sur qqch. לְרָחֵף तेजी से गुजरना preletjeti preko čega, lagano dotaći súrol (felületet) meluncur renna yfir sfiorare, すべる (~표면 위를) 스쳐 지나가다 slysti, šliuožti slīdēt pāri; viegli skart meluncur scherendanse over, stryke forbipruć, sunąć سرسري تېريدل deslizar a alune­ca peste ceva плавно скользить kĺzať drseti po grabiti stryka (glida) fram över มองอย่างผิวเผิน üzerinden kaymak 飛快地掠過(或滑過) мчати, ледве торкаючись поверхні; легко ковзати کسی سطح پر تیزی سے پھسلنا lướt qua , bay là đà 掠过

3. to read (something) quickly, missing out parts. She skimmed (through) the book. loerlees يَتَصَفَّح، يَقْرأ بِسُرْعَه преглеждам бегло passar os olhos listovat überfliegen skimme διαβάζω στα πεταχτά hojear, leer por encima läbi lehitsema, sirvima سطحي خواندن selata feuilleter לְרַפרֵף तेजी से पढ़ना letimice pročitati, preletjeti očima preko čega felületesen átfut membaca sepintas hlaupa (lauslega) yfir scorrere ざっと読む (~을) 대충 훑어보다 perbėgti akimis, perversti izšķirstīt (grāmatu); pārslīdēt acīm (pār tekstu) membaca sepintas lalu doorbladerenskumlese czytać pobieżnie/wybiórczo سرسري لوستل ler em diagonal a răsfoi бегло просматривать zbežne si prečítať preleteti letimice proći skumma, ögna igenom อ่านอย่างลวก ๆ çabucak gözden geçirmek 瀏覽，略讀 побіжно переглядати (книжку); перегортати سرسری مطالعہ کرنا đọc lướt, đọc qua loa 浏览，略读

skim milk, skimmed milk

milk from which the cream has been skimmed. afgeroomde melk حَليب او لَبَن مَقْشود обезмаслено мляко leite desnatado odstředěné mléko die Magermilch skummetmælk αποβουτυρωμένο γάλα leche desnatada/descremada lõss, kooritud piim شير بدون سرشير rasvaton maito lait écrémé חָלָב רָזֶה मखनिया दूध, मलाई उतारा हुआ दूध obrano mlijeko lefölözött tej susu tanpa krim undanrenna latte scremato 脱脂乳 탈지유 nugriebtas pienas vājpiens susu tanpa lemak taptemelk skummet melk odtłuszczone mleko د پيرو څخه پرته شيدى leite desnatado lapte smântânit снятое молоко odstredené mlieko posneto mleko obrano mleko skummjölk นมไขมันต่ำ kaymağı alınmış süt 脫脂牛奶 збиране молоко بغیر چکنائی والا دودھ sữa không kem 脱脂奶

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