Skimming : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Skimming	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
skimming n the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid reading or glancing through quickly Synonym(s): skim, skimming failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it the act of brushing against while passing Synonym(s): grazing, shaving, skimming
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.