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21skim — [[t]skɪ̱m[/t]] skims, skimming, skimmed 1) VERB If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. [V n off/from n] Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water s surface... [V n with off]… …
22skim — I. verb (skimmed; skimming) Etymology: Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from Anglo French escumer, from escume foam, scum, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schum scum more at scum Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to clear… …
23skim — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ barely (figurative) ▪ This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject. ▪ only ▪ low ▪ A bird skimmed low over th …
24skim — v. 1) (d; intr.) to skim through ( to read quickly ) (to skim through an article) 2) (P; intr., tr.) ( to bounce ) the boy skimmed stones along the surface of the water * * * [skɪm] (P; intr., tr.) ( to bounce ) the boy skimmed stones along the… …
25skim — [[t]skɪm[/t]] v. skimmed, skim•ming, n. 1) to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle 2) to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk[/ex] 3) to move or glide lightly over or along (a surface, as of… …
26skim — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface of (a liquid). b take (cream etc.) from the surface of a liquid. 2 tr. a keep touching lightly or nearly touching (a surface) in passing over. b deal… …
27skim — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, ball the jack, barrel, blink, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, browse, brush, brush by, carefully ignore, caress, carom, clip, coast, cold shoulder, come in contact, contact, cream, cut a corner, cut… …
28skim — to embezzle or extort On a regular basis, like cream from milk: ... the two brokers set up the skimming operation mainly dealing in overseas shares through overseas brokers and charging the Kuwait organization inflated prices. (Daily… …
29Skim — This most intriguing name is of Old French and Middle English origin, and is found particularly in the West Midland and Welsh border counties in a variety of forms. It is an occupational surname, deriving in the first instance from the Middle… …
30skim — verb (skims, skimming, skimmed) 1》 remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid. 2》 move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air. ↘throw (a flat stone) so that it bounces several times on the surface of water. 3》 read …
