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Found 4 items, similar to skimming.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: skimming
peluncuran
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: skim
meluncur, menyendoki
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: skimming
skim
v 1: travel on the surface of water [syn:
plane]
2: move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn:
skim over
]
3: examine hastily;
“She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi” [syn:
scan,
rake,
glance over,
run down]
4: cause to skip over a surface;
“Skip a stone across the pond”
[syn:
skip,
skitter]
5: coat (a liquid) with a layer
6: remove from the surface;
“skim cream from the surface of
milk” [syn:
skim off,
cream off,
cream]
7: read superficially [syn:
skim over]
[also:
skimming,
skimmed]
skimming
n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a
liquid
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn:
skim]
3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on
it
4: the act of brushing against while passing [syn:
grazing,
shaving]
skim
n 1: a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid;
“there was a
thin skim of oil on the water”
2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn:
skimming]
[also:
skimming,
skimmed]
skim
adj : 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]
[also:
skimming,
skimmed]
skimming
See
skim
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Skimming
Skimming
\Skim"ming\, n.
1. The act of one who skims.
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2. That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
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Skim
\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
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
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2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
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Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
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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.
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