If something skims a surface, it moves quickly along just above it. seagulls skimming the waves The little boat was skimming across the sunlit surface of the bay
To read rapidly to get the gist of the material This may involve glancing through the text for its main features, including headings, subheadings, highlighted words, diagrams, tables, etc
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If you skim a piece of writing, you read through it quickly. He skimmed the pages quickly, then read them again more carefully I only had time to skim through the script before I flew over here
If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface Skim off the fat
{f} remove matter floating on the surface of a liquid; glide on or just above a surface; glance through quickly; cause an object to skip across the surface of a liquid
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
reading or glancing through quickly a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water" read superficially remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" coat (a liquid) with a layer cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" 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
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