Skim
سکم
definition
verb
as the scum rises, skim it off
remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid.
he let his fingers skim across her shoulders
go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air.
noun
a skim of ice
a thin layer of a substance on the surface of a liquid.
a quick skim through the pamphlet
an act of reading something quickly or superficially.
example
But a 'skim' does not do justice to the double-barreled implications of these two reports.
Bring them to the boil, 'skim' off the froth on the top and leave them to cook.
Her fingertips brushed along the pages as she started to 'skim' through the book.
We followed a creek into the woods, walking in its thin 'skim' of water.
Then they barefoot a back-arching 'skim' on to a spirit-level pond.
Down at the water's edge I taught my daughters to 'skim' stones.
The greens are perfect but the fairways have a 'skim' of water all over them.
A quick 'skim' through Haines' back catalog yields more fizzy bile.
Once boiling, 'skim' off the fat and any scum from the surface.
Once a cleanup team has contained the oil, it can attempt to 'skim' it off the surface of the water.
Bring to the boil, 'skim' , then turn down the heat and barely simmer for at least two hours.
a 'skim' of ice
She let her eyes 'skim' the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.
as the scum rises, 'skim' it off
Over the past three years, he'd managed to 'skim' a little over eight thousand crowns worth of currency.
We have not even started to 'skim' just the surface of the available opportunities.
When writing about an author, it's often helpful to at least 'skim' through his latest book.
A 'skim' through the film release schedule of the next few months shows the diverse works emerging from the troubled countries of the Middle East.
Bream and pike play in its chill current, swooping birds scoop insects at its 'skim' .
You can use a gravy spoon to 'skim' off and discard some of the fat.
We're betting that's your future - and remember the special function that allows the holder of the pool to 'skim' a little off the top.
Readers who have been disappointed by a cursory 'skim' of the book should re-read it in order to discover its hidden treasures.
In the next section I encountered something which I noticed on my first 'skim' of the book.
a quick 'skim' through the pamphlet
he let his fingers 'skim' across her shoulders
Here, we 'skim' the nightscape surface, never getting too close to its image, but never losing sight of it.
Your eyes 'skim' past the Web listings that invite you to visit the company online.
a quick 'skim' through the pamphlet
Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, 'skim' off any surface scum, and add onion, garlic, and bay leaf.
A brief 'skim' suggests that this is a pretty broad ruling, although unfortunately I don't think I'll have time to blog more on the details.
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