verb
- Travel on the surface of water.
- Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of.
- Examine hastily.
- usage: "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- synonyms: scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
- Cause to skip over a surface.
- usage: "Skip a stone across the pond"
- Coat (a liquid) with a layer.
- synonyms: skim
- Remove from the surface.
- usage: "skim cream from the surface of milk"
- Read superficially.
adjective
- Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.
- usage: "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"
- synonyms: skim
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