To quickly find the basic details of something: so as you might skim-read a book, robots can skim and compile information taken from websites.

early 15c. (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from late 14c.), "to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface, lift the scum from," from Old French escumer "remove scum," [..]

To remove impurities, whether scum or fat, from the surface of a liquid during cooking, thereby resulting in a clear, cleaner-tasting final produce.

to lightly touch or contact the surface of a substance.

Remove a substance from 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&q [..]

to glide quickly over the surface of something. The same word also means to take the cream off the top of the milk

1. To remove the most readily attainable parts. 2. To remove solids from a liquid.

To remove fat or scum from the surface of a liquid using a large spoon, ladle or skimmer.

To remove cream from the surface of milk, fat from the tops of gravies and sauces or frothy scum from broths or jam and jellies during cooking.

To remove the surface layer (of impurities, scum, or fat) from liquids such as stocks and jams while cooking. This is usually done with a flat slotted spoon.

To remove surface foam or fat from a liquid.

To remove the top layer from a liquid, such as cream from Jamaican milk or foam and fat from Jamaican stock, soups and sauces. T

(1) To remove floating matter from the surface of a liquid with a spoon or ladle which is usually perforated.C (2) To remove a top surface of fat, cream, or scum from the top of liquid.

To remove cream from the surface of milk, fat from the tops of gravies and sauces or frothy scum from broths or jam and jellies during cooking.

To remove a substance, such as fat or foam, from the surface of a liquid.

To remove fat or scum from the surface of a boiling liquid.

To remove the scum that rises to the surface from a liquid when it is boiled. The top layer of the liquid, such as the cream from milk or the foam and fat from stock, soups or sauces, can be removed u [..]

To take the top layer of fat from soups or other liquids with a slotted spoon or other utensils.

To remove fat or scum that rises to the surface of a cooked liquid with a spoon.

To remove fat or floating matter from the surface of a liquid with a spoon or ladle.

(v) move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of(v) examine hastily(v) remove from the surface(v) read superficially(adj) used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed(n [..]

To steal money off the top.

to remove anything floating on top of a liquid, either fat or frothy scum. This usually forms in the early stages of boiling meats and vegetables.

to remove anything floating on top of a liquid, either fat or frothy scum. This usually forms in the early stages of boiling meats and vegetables.

To remove the top fat layer from stocks, soups, sauces, or other liquids such as cream from milk.

Culinary Uses Skim is to remove impurities or Fat from hot liquids that rise to the top during the cooking process. This is done when making Stocks.

Tax-free gambling profits, as in the money taken that is not reported to the IRS.

to glance over a piece of text without reading fully

To remove money from the profits before it is officially counted.

  The cash siphoned off from an operation before it is reported.

To remove a substance from the surface of a liquid. Ex: “Skim” the milk after scalding.

(intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. * Alexander Pope *: Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, / Flies o'er the unbendin [..]

Skim or skimming may refer to:

Skim is an open-source PDF reader. It is notably the first free software PDF reader for Mac OS X. It is written in Objective-C, and uses Cocoa APIs. It is released under a BSD license. It is also cite [..]

Skim is a Canadian graphic novel written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Jillian Tamaki. Set in 1993, in a Toronto Catholic girls high school, it is about an outsider girl called Skim.