The Meaning of skim

• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
• (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
• (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
• (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
• (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Synonyms

skimming , plane , skim over , scan , rake , glance over , run down , skip , skitter , skim off , cream off , cream , skim over , skimmed

Rhymes

bihm , brim , brimm , chimb , clim , crim , crimm , dim , flim , forelimb , grim , grimm , grimme , gym , haradim , him , hymn , im , imm , jim , kibbutzim , kim , kimm , klim , klym , krim , kym , lim , limb , mckim , mim , patronym , pimm , prelim , prim , primm , pseudonym , pymm , rim , shim , sim , simm , slim , swim , synonym , timm , timme , trim , trimm , vim , whim , yim , zim