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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "skim"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϤāϞ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to lightly and quickly move over a surface
Intransitive: to skim somewhere
to skim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The swallowtail butterfly appeared to effortlessly skim from flower to flower.
āϏ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧋āĻŸā§‡āχāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĢ⧁āϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to cause something to lightly and quickly move over a surface
Complex Transitive: to skim sth somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The artist chose to skim a fine layer of wax over the canvas, adding texture and depth to the painting.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŽā§‹āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻĢ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϚāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻšāĻžāϞāĻ•āĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ, āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move swiftly over a surface, making minimal contact or barely touching it
Transitive: to skim a surface
to skim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The swift bird of prey would often skim the treetops as it sought its prey in the dense forest.
āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‚āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϘāύ āĻŦāύ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϖ⧁āρāϜāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āύāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϚāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋

to remove a substance, such as foam or fat, from the surface of a liquid or object, typically by gently scooping or brushing it off
Transitive: to skim a substance or particle from sth | to skim a substance or particle off sth
to skim definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used a fine mesh sieve to skim the floating debris from the pond.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŽāϝāĻŧāϞāĻž āϤ⧋āϞāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āϜāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻžāρāĻ•āύāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to quickly read through a text, focusing on key information and main points rather than delving into details
Transitive: to skim a text
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The journalist had to skim the lengthy report to meet the pressing deadline.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ•āϕ⧇ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϟāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to throw a flat stone horizontally over the surface of water in a manner that allows it to bounce multiple times
Transitive: to skim a stone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The friends spent the afternoon by the lake, competing to see who could skim a stone the farthest.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞāϟāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāϞ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ—āĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧇āύāĻž āϤ⧁āϞ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāϞāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŦāϰāĻŖ

to cover a surface with a thin layer of coating
Transitive: to skim a surface
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the paint dried on the canvas, a subtle texture started to skim the surface.
āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āχāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻļ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϚāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to briefly address or handle a subject with only a cursory overview
Transitive: to skim a topic
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The professor, pressed for time in the lecture, chose to skim the historical context of the event.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧇āϏāϰ, āϞ⧇āĻ•āϚāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϚāĻžāĻĒ⧇, āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻĒāϟāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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the act of going through text rapidly to get the main ideas

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She did a skim of the article to check if it was relevant.
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a light layer or coating floating on the surface

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a skim of ice on the pond.
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(of dairy products) having the cream removed

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Skim yogurt has fewer calories than full-fat yogurt.

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