skim
verb
[ skɪm ]
• remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid.
• "as the scum rises, skim it off"
Similar:
remove,
take off,
scoop off,
spoon off,
ladle off,
cream,
• go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air.
• "he let his fingers skim across her shoulders"
Similar:
glide,
move lightly,
slide,
sail,
plane,
scud,
skate,
float,
coast,
aquaplane,
skid,
• read (something) quickly so as to note only the important points.
• "he skimmed the report"
Similar:
glance through,
flick through,
flip through,
leaf through,
thumb through,
read quickly,
scan,
look through,
have a quick look at,
run one's eye over,
dip into,
browse through,
Opposite:
pore over,
skim
noun
• a thin layer of a substance on the surface of a liquid.
• "a skim of ice"
• an act of reading something quickly or superficially.
• "a quick skim through the pamphlet"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘remove scum from (a liquid)’): back-formation from skimmer, or from Old French escumer, from escume ‘scum, foam’.
