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skimming |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skim \Skim\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed}; 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Skimming \Skim"ming\, n. 1. The act of one who skims. 2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as the skimmings of broth. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: skimming n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid 2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: {skim}] 3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it 4: the act of brushing against while passing [syn: {grazing}, {shaving}]
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