[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skim \skim\ ski^m, v. t. imp.  p. p. skimmed ski^md;
   p. pr.  vb. n. skimming. cf. sw. skymma to darken.
   root158. see scum.
   1. to clear a liquid from scum or substance floating or
      lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
      beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
      1913 webster

   2. to take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
      1913 webster

   3. to pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
      glide swiftly along the surface of.
      1913 webster

            homer describes mercury as flinging himself from the
            top of olympus, and skimming the surface of the
            ocean.                                --hazlitt.
      1913 webster

   4. fig.: to read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
      order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
      a book or a newspaper.
      1913 webster
see also:
skimmed skimming scum 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

skimming \skim"ming\, n.
   1. the act of one who skims.
      1913 webster

   2. that which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; --
      chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skim
     adj : used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been
           removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink
           skimmed milk but should avoid butter" syn: skimmed
     n 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 syn: skimming
     v 1: travel on the surface of water syn: plane
     2: move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of syn: skim
        over
     3: examine hastily; "she scanned the newspaper headlines while
        waiting for the taxi" syn: scan, rake, glance over,
         run down
     4: cause to skip over a surface; "skip a stone across the pond"
        syn: skip, skitter
     5: coat a liquid with a layer
     6: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of
        milk" syn: skim off, cream off, cream
     7: read superficially syn: skim over
     also: skimming, skimmed
see also:
skimmed skimming plane skim over scan rake 
glance over run down skip skitter skim off 
cream off cream skim over 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skimming
     n 1: the act of removing floating material from the surface of a
          liquid
     2: reading or glancing through quickly syn: skim
     3: failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on
        it
     4: the act of brushing against while passing syn: grazing, shaving
see also:
skim grazing shaving 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

skimming
     see skim
see also:
skim 

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