[
US
/ˈskɪm/
]
[ UK /skˈɪm/ ]
[ UK /skˈɪm/ ]
VERB
- read superficially
- coat (a liquid) with a layer
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remove from the surface
skim cream from the surface of milk -
cause to skip over a surface
Skip a stone across the pond -
examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi - travel on the surface of water
- move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
ADJECTIVE
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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
NOUN
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a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
there was a thin skim of oil on the water - reading or glancing through quickly
How To Use skim In A Sentence
- In a flurry of bright patterns, flashy materials, and skimpy outfits, several girls flurried into the room, all clicking away on high heels and giggling shrilly.
- I personally try and keep it simple with a Grande, skim, triple, bone-dry cappuccino, which is Starbuck's English for the kind of cappuccino you'd get at the Rome airport. Mark Strausman: A Chef's-Eye View of Starbucks
- Hence my recommendation that you have half a pint of skimmed milk daily. Times, Sunday Times
- I knew it was a scam, selling to these offshore skimmers.
- A day later, the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a black man accused of killing a white police officer more than 20 years ago, despite what GOP Rep. Bob Barr called the conviction's reliance on "the skimpiest of evidence," and, in the words of former FBI director William Sessions, "pervasive, persistent doubts" about Davis' guilt. Arianna Huffington: Sunday Roundup
- Skim the fat from pan juices, and reduce the drippings by boiling them down to a delicious sauce.
- However, reflecting trends in Europe, sales of semi-skimmed milk boomed in Japan during the review period to represent 12 percent of sales by 1998.
- Looking out the window, I can see an orange flame of whimsical light skimming the horizon, and hues of blue to grey look down benignly from above.
- Under it she was naked but for a pair of the skimpiest bikini briefs. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
- Reduce the heat and simmer for about 8 minutes, skimming the froth from the surface. Times, Sunday Times
