SKIMMING

grazing, shaving, skimming

(noun) the act of brushing against while passing

skimming

(noun) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

skimming

(noun) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid

skim, skimming

(noun) reading or glancing through quickly

SKIM

skim, skim over

(verb) read superficially

skim, skim off, cream off, cream

(verb) remove from the surface; “skim cream from the surface of milk”

skim

(verb) coat (a liquid) with a layer

skim, skip, skitter

(verb) cause to skip over a surface; “Skip a stone across the pond”

plane, skim

(verb) travel on the surface of water

scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down

(verb) examine hastily; “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

skimming

present participle of skim

Noun

skimming (plural skimmings)

Something skimmed from a surface etc.

A motion or action that skims.

(uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.

Source: Wiktionary

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.

SKIM

Skim, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. sq. root158. 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.

Skim, 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.

Skim, a.

Definition: 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.

Skim, n.

Definition: Scum; refuse. Bryskett.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition