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Definitions of skim
  1. adjective
    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"
  2. verb
    examine hastily
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  3. verb
    read superficially

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  4. noun
    reading or glancing through quickly

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  5. verb
    move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

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  6. verb
    cause to skip over a surface

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  7. verb
    travel on the surface of water

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  8. verb
    remove from the surface
    "skim cream from the surface of milk"

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  9. noun
    a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
    "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
  10. verb
    coat (a liquid) with a layer
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Definition that contains skim
  • fleet move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • dart move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • flutter move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • eskimo a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
  • eskimo the language spoken by the Eskimo
  • slop wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  • swill wet feed (especially for pigs) consisting of mostly kitchen waste mixed with water or skimmed or sour milk
  • igloo an Eskimo hut; usually built of blocks (of sod or snow) in the shape of a dome
  • flit move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart
  • inuit a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
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