From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed} (sk[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See {Scum}.]
1. 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.
2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean. --Hazlitt.
4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {skimmed}]
noun
1: a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: {skimming}]
verb
1: travel on the surface of water [syn: {plane}]
2: move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn: {skim over}]
3: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: {scan}, {rake}, {glance over}, {run down}]
4: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: {skip}, {skitter}]
5: coat (a liquid) with a layer
6: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: {skim off}, {cream off}, {cream}]
7: read superficially [syn: {skim over}] [also: {skimming}, {skimmed}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: 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" [syn: {skim}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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