skim

/skˈɪm/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. travel on the surface of water
2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
3. examine hastily
   “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
4. cause to skip over a surface
   “Skip a stone across the pond”
5. coat (a liquid) with a layer
6. remove from the surface
   “skim cream from the surface of milk”
7. read superficially

adjective

1. used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
   “yogurt made with skim milk”

noun

1. a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
   “there was a thin skim of oil on the water”
2. reading or glancing through quickly

Synonyms for skim

• plane
• skim over
• scan
• rake
• glance over
• run down
• skip
• skitter
• skim off
• cream off
• cream
• skimmed
• nonfat
• skimming

Words that rhyme with skim

• trim
• dim
• rim
• grim
• limb
• swim
• prim
• brim
• hymn
• slim
• limn
• prelim
• vim
• whim
• forelimb
• gym
• patronym
• pseudonym
• shim
• synonym
• bihm
• brimm
• chiarnim
• clim
• crim
• crimm
• flim
• grimme
• haradim
• him