Overview of noun skimming

The noun skimming has 4 senses

• skimming -- (the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid)


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


• skimming -- (failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it)


• grazing, shaving, skimming -- (the act of brushing against while passing)

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)