SKIM

Meaning of SKIM in English

( v. t. )

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

SKIM — I. ˈskim verb ( skimmed ; skimmed ; skimming ; skims ) Etymology: Middle English skimmen, probably alteration of scumen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKIM — (v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that …
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — ( v. t. ) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — /skim/ , v. , skimmed, skimming , n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — I. ˈskim verb ( skimmed ; skim·ming ) Etymology: Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from Anglo-French escumer, from escume foam, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKIM — adj contraction of skimming and skimmed. 2. skim ·vi to put on the finishing coat of plaster. 3. skim ·vi …
Webster English vocab
SKIM — [skim] vb skimmed ; skim.ming [ME skymmen] vt (14c) 1 a: to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SKIM — skim BrE AmE skɪm ▷ skimmed skɪmd ▷ skimming/s ˈskɪm ɪŋ/z ▷ skims skɪmz ▶ ˌ skimmed ˈ milk, ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SKIM — / skɪm; NAmE / verb ( -mm- ) 1. [ vn ] skim (sth off / from) sth to remove …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIM — skim /skɪm/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle skimmed , present participle skimming ) [ Date: 1400-1500 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SKIM — v. & n. --v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SKIM — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SKIM — v. & n. --v. (skimmed, skimming) 1. tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface …
Oxford English vocab
SKIM — ( skims, skimming, skimmed) 1. If you skim something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. Rough seas …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SKIM — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES skimmed milk British English , skim milk/nonfat milk American English (= milk that has had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SKIM — Synonyms and related words : avalanche, ball the jack, barrel, blink, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, browse, brush, brush …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIM — I. verb ADVERB ▪ barely ( figurative ) ▪ This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SKIM — v. 1 Often, skim off. separate, cream, scoop or ladle off, take off, remove After the water has come to …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SKIM — гл. 1) снимать (накипь и т. п.) to skim milk ≈ снимать сливки с молока to skim the cream off …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKIM — skim.ogg _I 1. skım n 1. снятие ( пены, накипи и т. п. ) 2. = skim milk 3. тонкая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SKIM — скачивать skim into block — отливать в блоки - skim bob - skim cutter - skim slag
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
SKIM — skim гл.1) снимать (накипь и т. п.) to skim milk — снимать сливки с молока to skim the cream off …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SKIM — I 1. [skım] n 1. снятие ( пены, накипи и т. п. ) 2. = ~ milk 3. тонкая плёнка …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SKIM — _I 1. skım n 1. снятие ( пены, накипи и т. п. ) 2. = skim milk 3. тонкая плёнка …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SKIM — гл. 1) снимать ( накипь и т. п. ) to skim milk — снимать сливки с молока to skim the …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SKIM — гл. 1) снимать (накипь и т. п.) to skim milk — снимать сливки с молока to skim the cream off — снимать сливки …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SKIM — 1) тонкий слой; плёнка || покрывать тонким слоем или плёнкой 2) снятие тонкого слоя, срезание тонкого слоя • to skim …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
SKIM — 1) тонкий слой; плёнка || покрывать тонким слоем или плёнкой 2) снятие тонкого слоя, срезание тонкого слоя • to skim off — снимать …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
SKIM — 1. _v. 1> снимать (накипь и т.п.); to skim milk снимать сливки с молока; to skim the cream off снимать …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
SKIM — 1) пена; плёнка [c crimson]|| снимать пену или плёнку 2) бегло прочитывать - skim on ink - skim over ink …
Англо-Русский словарь по полиграфии и издательскому делу
SKIM — гл. 1) снимать (накипь и т. п.) to skim milk ≈ снимать сливки с молока to skim the cream off …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SKIM — v. (milk) decremar, scumar; (~ through) traleer superficialmen, superglissar. SKIM-MILK: lacte decremat
English interlingue dictionary
SKIM — hapaw
English-Visayan vocabulary
SKIM — I. verb (~med; ~ming) see: scum Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKIM — (a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — (v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
Английский словарь Webster
SKIM — ( v. t. ) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — ( v. t. ) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — ( v. i. ) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — ( v. i. ) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — ( v. i. ) To hasten along with superficial attention.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — ( a. ) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SKIM — v. remove matter floating on the surface of a liquid; glide on or just above a surface; glance through quickly; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKIM — n. act of removing matter floating on the surface of a liquid; act of removing from the top; film, thin …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SKIM — n. Function: adjective Date: 1794 1 : having the cream removed by skimming 2 : made of skim milk < …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKIM — n. Function: noun Date: 14th century 1 : a thin layer, coating, or film 2 : the act of skimming …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKIM — n. Pronunciation: ' skim Function: verb Inflected Form: skimmed ; skim · ming Etymology: Middle English skymmen, skemen, probably from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKIM — ■ verb ( ~s , ~ming , ~med ) 1》 remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SKIM — (~s, ~ming, ~med) 1. If you ~ something from the surface of a liquid, you remove it. Rough seas today …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SKIM — (CONSIDER QUICKLY) [verb] -mm- - to read or consider (something) quickly to understand the main points, without studying it in …
Cambridge English vocab
SKIM — n. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: BRUSH , glance, graze, kiss, shave 2 Synonyms: GLANCE 1, carom, dap, graze, ricochet, skip …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SKIM — v. n. Pass lightly or superficially.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SKIM — verb 1. Synonyms: brush , glance, graze, kiss, shave 2. Synonyms: glance 1, carom, dap, graze, ricochet, skip 3. Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIM — I. verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SKIM — See ↑ READ 2, ↑ TOUCH 3
Longman Activator English vocab
SKIM — n. 25B6; verb skim off the scum : REMOVE, cream off, scoop off. the boat skimmed over the water : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SKIM — < language > A Scheme implementation with packages and other enhancements, by Alain Deutsch et al, France. (2000-11-02)
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
SKIM — v. 1) ( d ; intr. ) to ~ through ('to read quickly') (to ~ through an article) 2) ( …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SKIM — (1) To remove floating matter from the surface of a liquid. (2) To throw in a gliding path; especially to …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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