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English to English adjective
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Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed | | Example: yogurt made with skim milk
she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter
source: wordnet30 noun
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a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid | | Example: there was a thin skim of oil on the water
source: wordnet30
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reading or glancing through quickly | | source: wordnet30
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Scum; refuse. | | source: webster1913 verb
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travel on the surface of water | | source: wordnet30
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move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | | source: wordnet30
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examine hastily | | Example: She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
source: wordnet30
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cause to skip over a surface | | Example: Skip a stone across the pond
source: wordnet30
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coat (a liquid) with a layer | | source: wordnet30
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remove from the surface | | Example: skim cream from the surface of milk
source: wordnet30
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read superficially | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. | | source: webster1913
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