skim

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
2. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
3. To hasten along with superficial attention.
4. To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
5. To throw an object so it bounces on water.
6. To ricochet.
7. To read quickly, skipping some detail.
8. To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
9. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
10. To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
11. To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
12. To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
13. To become coated over.

Adj

Having lowered fat content.

Noun

1. A cursory reading, skipping the details.
2. (informal) Skim milk.
3. The act of skimming.
4. That which is skimmed off.
5. Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

Sinonieme

skim over

cream

scum

skimmed

graze

glide

skim off

scan

skitter

glance over

slide

rake

slag-off

run down

shell

🐚

plane

hull

cream off

dross trap

skip

browse

peel

skimming

skin

husk

sweep over

glance

have a look

head

hint

house mouse

incrustation

integument

investment

jacket

kite

🪁

leach

leer

mantle

membrane

meninx

mouse

🐭

pare

paring

pass over

peel off

pellicle

pillage

pitch

pod

pond

rat

🐀

remove

rind

rob

scoop

scumming

shave

shoot

shuck

shuttlecock

shy

skate

sky

slip

soapsuds

soar

spume

strip

swab

sweep

test

theca

throw

thrust

toss

tunic

uncover

valve

veil

velum

wander

whisk

whistle

fish up

glance off

pallium

swing out

finish reading

read smoothly

testa

deslagging

detergence

episperm

tunica

adventitia

computer mouse

deslag

drossing

slag removal

slag streak

cause to skim

removing slag

bark

raking off the slag

bema

breeze

casing

cheat

choir

chuck

clotted cream

cornhusk

cortex

crash

crust

decorticate

diaphragm

dip

dross

encrustation

envelope

✉️

exfoliate

eye

👁️

film

📽️

filter

flick

flip

foam

froth

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/skɪm/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.