Skimming

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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     3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
        glide swiftly along the surface of.
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              Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
              top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
              ocean.                                --Hazlitt.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Skimming \Skim"ming\, n.
     1. The act of one who skims.
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     2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
        chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skim
       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: {skimmed}]
       n 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 quickly [syn: {skimming}]
       v 1: travel on the surface of water [syn: {plane}]
       2: move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn: {skim
          over}]
       3: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
          waiting for the taxi" [syn: {scan}, {rake}, {glance over},
           {run down}]
       4: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
          [syn: {skip}, {skitter}]
       5: coat (a liquid) with a layer
       6: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of
          milk" [syn: {skim off}, {cream off}, {cream}]
       7: read superficially [syn: {skim over}]
       [also: {skimming}, {skimmed}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skimming
       See {skim}