skims
Meaning of skims
verb
- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
- To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)
- To ricochet
- To read quickly, skipping some detail
I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.
- To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
- To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.
to skim milk; to skim broth
- To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk
to skim cream
- To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.
- To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
- To become coated over.
Information about skims
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of skims is: skim.
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Hyphenation of skims
skims
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- skims is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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