skim
IPA: skˈɪm
noun
- A cursory reading, skipping the details.
- (informal) 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.
verb
- (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- (intransitive) To ricochet.
- (transitive) To read quickly, skipping some detail.
- (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- (transitive) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- (transitive) To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- (intransitive) To become coated over.
adjective
- (of milk) Having lowered fat content.
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Examples of "skim" in Sentences
- Skim the lead paragraph.
- How many times did you skim
- Do you often skim or read it thoroughly
- A student skimmed through the instruction.
- The teacher usually skims students' works.
- I didn't notice it in skimming the article.
- Reading and skimming are not the same thing.
- So they skim the page to the bottom for, say, the links.
- Skimming the article for the first time is sometimes helfpul.
- In the previous format, the dates destroyed the ability to skim.
- While I highly recommend it, this is not the sort of reading that you can profitably "skim".
- -- After a part or all of the cream has been removed from whole milk, that which remains is called skim milk.
- My grandmother, a Depression-era Okie, called skim milk “blue john” and said it was only fit for “slopping hogs.”
- This isn’t to say that books aren’t worth your time — the whole reason I flip and skim is that book-reading is so vital.
- To achieve it, we had to learn how to 'skim' - that is, how to make selective readings from the enormous volume of data that arrives to our senses.
- Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working for a larger fraud ring and were using electronic devices to "skim" the credit card numbers of those they served at the restaurant.
- Investigators with the U.S. Secret Service allege the servers were working for a larger fraud ring and were using electronic devices to "skim" the credit card numbers of customers they served at the restaurant.
- Winners are notified immediately. create a free MacUpdate Membership so you can buy this week's promo before it expires or post your reactions about this week's promo. mrglsmrc said today at 12: 14am preview does alot with pdf these days in leopard. i generally use the free app called skim to make marginal notes in pdf. when i want to create a pdf i generally use my word processor, nisus pro, and print to pdf. mrglsmrc said today at 12: 34am