skim

English

Etymology

From Middle English skimmen

Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɪm/, SAMPA: /skIm/

  Rhymes: -ɪm

Verb

skim (third-person singular simple present skims, present participle skimming, simple past and past participle skimmed)

1. (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones).
2. (intransitive) To ricochet.
3. (intransitive) To read quickly, skipping some detail.
4. (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

Derived terms

• skim through
• skim over
• skim off
• skimmed milk
• semi-skimmed

Translations

throw an object so it bounces on water

Danish: slå smut (da) Dutch: ketsen (nl) Finnish: heittää leipää, heittää leipiä

French: faire (fr) des (fr) ricochets (fr) German: übers Wasser hüpfen lassen (de) Hungarian: kacsázik (hu)

ricochet

Arabic: يَرْتَ Danish: rikochettere Dutch: afketsen (nl) Finnish: kimmota (fi) French: ricocher (fr) German: abprallen Greek: εξοστρακίζομαι (eksostrakizomai) Hungarian: visszapattan

Italian: rimbalzare (it) Japanese: 飛びはねる (ひびはねる, hibihaneru) Portuguese: ricochetear Romanian: a ricoșa Russian: рикошетировать (ru) (rikošetirovat') Spanish: rebotar (es) Swedish: rikoschettera, studsa Turkish: sekmek (tr)

read quickly, skipping some detail

Czech: listovat (cs) Danish: skimme (da) Dutch: doorbladeren (nl), diagonaal (nl) lezen (nl) Finnish: lukea pintapuolisesti, lukea hutaisten, lukaista, silmäillä French: feuilleter (fr) German: überfliegen (de) Italian: scorrere (it)

Japanese: ざっと読む (ざっとよむ, zattoyomu), 読み飛ばす (ja) (yomitobasu) Mandarin: trad. 瀏覽, simpl. 浏览 (liúlǎn) Norwegian: skumlese Portuguese: ler (pt) superficialmente (pt), ler (pt) em (pt) diagonal (pt) Romanian: a răsfoi (ro) Spanish: hojear (es), leer (es) por (es) encima (es) Swedish: skumma (sv), ögna igenom (sv)

scrape off; remove (something) from a surface

Dutch: afschrapen (nl), afromen (nl) Finnish: kuoria (fi)

German: abschöpfen (de), abstreichen (de)

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Persian: کف گیری (kaf gīrī)

Adjective

skim (not comparable)

1. (of milk) Having lowered fat content.

Derived terms

• skim milk

Translations

having lowered fat content

Dutch: afgeroomd (nl) Finnish: kuoria (fi), kimmota (fi)

Italian: scremato (it)