Overview of noun skim

The noun skim has 2 senses

• skim -- (a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water")


• skim, skimming -- (reading or glancing through quickly)

Overview of verb skim

The verb skim has 7 senses

• plane, skim -- (travel on the surface of water)


• skim over, skim -- (move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of)


• scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down -- (examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi")


• skim, skip, skitter -- (cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond")


• skim -- (coat (a liquid) with a layer)


• skim, skim off, cream off, cream -- (remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk")


• skim, skim over -- (read superficially)

Overview of adj skim

The adj skim has 1 sense

• skim, skimmed -- (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")