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skim

English

  1. 🔊 used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
    “yogurt made with skim milk”
  2. 🔊 reading or glancing through quickly
  3. 🔊 a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
    “there was a thin skim of oil on the water”
  4. 🔊 read superficially
  5. 🔊 remove from the surface
    “skim cream from the surface of milk”
  6. 🔊 coat (a liquid) with a layer
  7. 🔊 cause to skip over a surface
    “Skip a stone across the pond”
  8. 🔊 move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
  9. 🔊 travel on the surface of water
  10. 🔊 examine hastily
    “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 desnatar to skim

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