skim
Signification (Anglais)
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- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- To throw an object so it bounces on water.
- To ricochet.
- To read quickly, skipping some detail.
- To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
- To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk.
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To become coated over.
Concepts
Synonymes
skim over
slag-off
dross trap
sweep over
soapsuds
fish up
swing out
finish reading
read smoothly
deslagging
computer mouse
deslag
slag removal
slag streak
cause to skim
removing slag
raking off the slag
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/skɪm/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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.
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