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• skim —   Makahani; pālani (lightly); kī o e, he e (as milk); papakī (as a flying fish over water); pākā (as a surfing canoe).    ♦ To skim along, as a bird, kīkaha; hānai (rare) …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• skim — [skım] v past tense and past participle skimmed present participle skimming [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from scum to remove scum (14 19 centuries), from scum (noun)] 1.) [T] to remove something from the surface of a liquid, especially… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …   Universalium

• Skim — Skim, v. i. 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. [1913 Webster] Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skim — (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed} (sk[i^]md); 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• skim — [skim] vt. skimmed, skimming [ME skimen, prob. akin to SCUM] 1. a) to clear (a liquid) of floating matter b) to remove (floating matter) from a liquid 2. to coat or cover with a thin layer [a pond skimmed with ice] …   English World dictionary

• skim — [v1] remove the top part brush, cream, dip, get the cream, glance, graze, ladle, ream, scoop, separate, shave, top; concept 211 Ant. pour skim [v2] glide over quickly, lightly brush, carom, coast, dart, float, fly, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail,… …   New thesaurus

• skim — [c]/skɪm / (say skim) verb (skimmed, skimming) –verb (t) 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from a liquid with a spoon, ladle, etc.: to skim cream. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or along the… …  

• skim — Synonyms and related words: avalanche, ball the jack, barrel, blink, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, browse, brush, brush by, carefully ignore, caress, carom, clip, coast, cold shoulder, come in contact, contact, cream, cut a corner, cut… …   Moby Thesaurus

• skim — I. verb (skimmed; skimming) Etymology: Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from Anglo French escumer, from escume foam, scum, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schum scum more at scum Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to clear… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• skim — v. 1) (d; intr.) to skim through ( to read quickly ) (to skim through an article) 2) (P; intr., tr.) ( to bounce ) the boy skimmed stones along the surface of the water * * * [skɪm] (P; intr., tr.) ( to bounce ) the boy skimmed stones along the… …   Combinatory dictionary