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skim

/skɪm/

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adjective
used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
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"yogurt made with skim milk" "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"

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skimmed nonfat fat-free fatless
verb
examine hastily
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glance over rake run down scan

type of:
examine see
verb
read superficially
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skim over

type of:
read
noun
reading or glancing through quickly
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skimming

type of:
reading
verb
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
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skim over

type of:
touch
verb
cause to skip over a surface
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skip skitter

type of:
throw
verb
travel on the surface of water
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plane

type of:
glide
verb
remove from the surface
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"skim cream from the surface of milk"

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cream cream off skim off

type of:
remove take take away withdraw
noun
a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
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"there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

type of:
cover covering natural covering
verb
coat (a liquid) with a layer
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coat surface

Examples of skim

"yogurt made with skim milk"
"she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"
"skim cream from the surface of milk"
"there was a thin skim of oil on the water"