skim

skim is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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. transitive verb. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
3. transitive verb. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
4. transitive verb. 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.
5. intransitive verb. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
6. intransitive verb. To hasten along with superficial attention.
7. intransitive verb. To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
8. adjective. Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
9. noun. reading or glancing through quickly

   Synonyms: skimming

10. noun. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

    "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"

11. verb. read superficially
12. verb. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
13. verb. remove from the surface

    "skim cream from the surface of milk"

    Synonyms: cream

14. verb. coat (a liquid) with a layer
15. verb. cause to skip over a surface

    "Skip a stone across the pond"

    Synonyms: skip, skitter

16. verb. travel on the surface of water

    Synonyms: plane

17. verb. examine hastily

    "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

    Synonyms: rake, scan

18. 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"

    Synonyms: skimmed

Synonyms

skimming, cream, skip, skitter, plane, rake, scan, skimmed

Common word forms

skims, skimmed, skimmer, skimming

Words from these letters

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