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skim

adjective
  1. used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
    “yogurt made with skim milk”
    skimmed
noun
  1. reading or glancing through quickly
    skimming
  2. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
    “there was a thin skim of oil on the water”
verb
  1. read superficially
    skim over
  2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
    skim over
  3. remove from the surface
    “skim cream from the surface of milk”
    creamcream offskim off
  4. coat (a liquid) with a layer
  5. cause to skip over a surface
    skip
  6. travel on the surface of water
    plane
  7. examine hastily
    scan