English to English
adjective
- Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
There was a thin skim of oil on the water.
source: WordNet 3.0
- reading or glancing through quickly
source: WordNet 3.0
- Scum; refuse.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- travel on the surface of water
source: WordNet 3.0
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
source: WordNet 3.0
- examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to skip over a surface
Skip a stone across the pond.
source: WordNet 3.0
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
source: WordNet 3.0
- remove from the surface
Skim cream from the surface of milk.
source: WordNet 3.0
- read superficially
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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: Webster 1913
- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [skim] Bulâ
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
