cream off

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verb

1. remove from the surface
- skim cream from the surface of milk
• Syn:
skim, skim off, cream
• See Also:
cream off (for: cream), skim off (for: skim)
• Derivationally related forms:
skim (for: skim), skimmer (for: skim), skimming (for: skim)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. pick the best
• Syn:
skim off
• Hypernyms:
choose, take, select, pick out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody