1. The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid 
2. Reading or glancing through quickly
   - skim 
3. Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it 
4. The act of brushing against while passing
   - grazing, shaving

1. Travel on the surface of water
   - plane 
2. Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
   - skim over 
3. Examine hastily
   - scan, rake, glance over, run down 
4. Cause to skip over a surface
   - skip, skitter 
5. Coat (a liquid) with a layer 
6. Remove from the surface
   "skim cream from the surface of milk"
   - skim off, cream off, cream 
7. Read superficially
   - skim over

Derived forms: skimmings

See also: skim off, skimmer

Type of: coat, examine, glide, larceny, read, reading, remotion, removal, remove, see, stealing, surface, take, take away, theft, thievery, thieving, throw, touch, touching, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Skim

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