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To touch, nudge or scrape lightly in passing
“Once boiling, skim off the fat and any scum from the surface.”
Go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air
“We skim past Joe who's given up and is drinking a beer with Trin and Lucy on the seats.”
To browse or peruse reading material
“She let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.”
To rebound off something wildly and seemingly randomly
“Projectiles that skim off the side of a wall at shallow angles can perhaps bounce and continue traveling along their path.”
To throw an object, especially to make it bounce off something
“Down at the water's edge, I taught my daughters to skim stones.”
To pass lightly
“Blackden succeeds in sticking to his promise of covering the more interesting cases in detail rather than skimming over a lot of cases.”
To take a brief or hurried look
To move about or around quickly and randomly
To touch or stroke gently or lovingly
Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
To dishonestly take something for one's own use
To apply a surface or layer to something
To look over or scrutinize, especially a wide area
To read quickly, skipping some detail
To cut or remove the upper part of
To prepare a summary of something
To remove or take away (something) from (someone)
To detach or separate two items or objects from each other
A thin outer layer
An instance of glance or look through something
A gentle or loving touch
A light and fleeting touch
Liquid produced by mammals
The best or most desirable among a category, kind or class
In a superficial manner
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