| noun | a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid “there was a thin skim of oil on the water” |
| noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| verb | travel on the surface of water |
| verb | move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of |
| verb | examine hastily “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi” |
| verb | cause to skip over a surface “Skip a stone across the pond” |
| verb | coat (a liquid) with a layer |
| verb | remove from the surface “skim cream from the surface of milk” |
| verb | read superficially |
| adjective | used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed “yogurt made with skim milk” |
| skim | verb | coat (a liquid) with a layer |
| skim | noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| skimming | noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| skimmer | noun | a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids |