skim

Adjective

• 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
    

Noun

• reading or glancing through quickly

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
  • there was a thin skim of oil on the water
    

Verb

• read superficially

• remove from the surface
  • skim cream from the surface of milk
    

• coat (a liquid) with a layer

• cause to skip over a surface
  • Skip a stone across the pond
    

• examine hastily
  • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    

• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

• travel on the surface of water

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  skimmed , skimming , skim over , skim off , cream off , cream , skip , skitter , scan , rake , glance over , run down , plane