skim

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
- there was a thin skim of oil on the water
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover
2. reading or glancing through quickly
• Syn:
skimming
• Derivationally related forms:
skim (for: skimming)
• Hypernyms:
reading

II - verb

1. travel on the surface of water (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
plane
• Hypernyms:
glide
• Hyponyms:
aquaplane
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
skim over
• Hypernyms:
touch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. cause to skip over a surface
- Skip a stone across the pond
• Syn:
skip, skitter
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. coat (a liquid) with a layer
• Hypernyms:
coat, surface
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. remove from the surface
- skim cream from the surface of milk
• Syn:
skim off, cream off, cream
• See Also:
cream off (for: cream), skim off
• Derivationally related forms:
skimmer, skimming
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. examine hastily
- She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
• Syn:
scan, rake, glance over, run down
• Derivationally related forms:
skimming
• Hypernyms:
examine, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
7. read superficially
• Syn:
skim over
• Derivationally related forms:
skimmer, skimming
• Hypernyms:
read
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

III - 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
• Syn:
skimmed
• Similar to:
nonfat, fat-free, fatless

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