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verb (used with object)
1.
to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk.
2.
to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk.
3.
to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of water): The sailboat skimmed the lake.
4.
to throw in a smooth, gliding path over or near a surface, or so as to bounce or ricochet along a surface: to skim a stone across the lake.
5.
EXPANDto read, study, consider, treat, etc., in a superficial or cursory manner.
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to cover, as a liquid, with a thin film or layer: Ice skimmed the lake at night.
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to take the best or most available parts or items from: Bargain hunters skimmed the flea markets early in the morning.
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to take (the best or most available parts or items) from something: The real bargains had been skimmed by early shoppers.
9.
Metallurgy. to remove (slag, scum, or dross) from the surface of molten metal.
10.
COLLAPSESlang.
a.
to conceal a portion of (winnings, earnings, etc.) in order to avoid paying income taxes, commissions, or the like on the actual total revenue (sometimes followed by off): The casino skimmed two million a year.
b.
to take, remove, or appropriate for illegal use: to skim information from another's credit card.
verb (used without object)
11.
to pass or glide lightly over or near a surface.
12.
to read, study, consider, etc., something in a superficial or cursory way.
13.
to become covered with a thin film or layer.
14.
Slang. to conceal gambling or other profits so as to avoid paying taxes, etc.; practice skimming.
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Skimmed
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
noun
15.
an act or instance of skimming.
16.
something that is skimmed off.
17.
a thin layer or film formed on the surface of something, especially a liquid, as the coagulated protein material formed on boiled milk.
18.
a thin layer, as of mortar.
19.
EXPANDSlang. the amount taken or concealed by skimming.
Related forms
un·skimmed, adjective
Synonyms
5. scan. 12. glance.
5. scan. 12. glance.
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Word Origin & History
skim
c.1420 (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from c.1392), "to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface," from O.Fr. escumer "remove scum," from escume (Fr. écume) "scum," from a Gmc. source (cf. O.H.G. scum "scum," Ger. Schaum; see scum). Hence, skim milk (1596),
EXPANDfrom which the cream has been skimmed. Meaning "to glance over carelessly" (in ref. to printed matter) first recorded 1799; that of "to move over lightly and rapidly" is from 1697. Skimmer, the N.Amer. shore bird (1785), so called from its method of feeding.
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