skim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: skim	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for skim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skim adj used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter" Synonym(s): skim, skimmed n a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water" reading or glancing through quickly Synonym(s): skim, skimming v travel on the surface of water Synonym(s): plane, skim move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of Synonym(s): skim over, skim examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" Synonym(s): scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" Synonym(s): skim, skip, skitter coat (a liquid) with a layer remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" Synonym(s): skim, skim off, cream off, cream read superficially Synonym(s): skim, skim over
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]:
Skim \Skim\, v. i. 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. --Pope. 2. To hasten along with superficial attention. They skim over a science in a very superficial survey. --I. Watts. 3. To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Skim \Skim\, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
Skim A {Scheme} implementation with {packages} and other enhancements, by Alain Deutsch et al, France. (2000-11-02)