Skim

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (skĭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.]
	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.
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.
a.	1.	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.

Noun	1.	skim - a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
	2.	skim - reading or glancing through quickly Synonyms: skimming
Verb	1.	skim - travel on the surface of water Synonyms: plane
	2.	skim - move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of Synonyms: skim over
	3.	skim - examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" Synonyms: glance over, scan, rake, run down
	4.	skim - cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" Synonyms: skitter, skip
	5.	skim - coat (a liquid) with a layer
	6.	skim - remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" Synonyms: cream off, skim off, cream
	7.	skim - read superficially Synonyms: skim over
Adj.	1.	skim - 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" Synonyms: skimmed

(language)

Skim - A Scheme implementation with packages and other enhancements, by Alain Deutsch et al, France.

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