skim
/skɪm/ · noun
Meaning
- A cursory reading, skipping the details.
- Skim milk.
- The act of skimming.
- That which is skimmed off.
- Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)
- To ricochet
- (of milk) Having lowered fat content.
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