verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
skimmed milk British English , skim milk/nonfat milk American English (= milk that has had all the fat taken out )
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a bowl of cereal with skim milk
skimmed milk
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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He reached for the bat and sent it skimming along the boards.
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Laverne zips across the empty road, the airborne snakes skim along after him.
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I've learnt that life is deeper than I'd thought and certainly not meant to be skimmed along .
off
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It is advisable to leave the bucket loosely covered and not to skim off the yeast head.
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Cover loosely and keep in a warm place for about 4 hours. Skim off any foam.
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The breezes seemed to skim off the water like stones.
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Remove legs to a serving platter and keep warm. Skim off any visible fat.
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Boil for 10 minutes, skimming off any scum.
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Place over medium-high heat and reduce by half, skimming off any fat that accumulates on surface.
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Then skim off the fat, pour the juices back into the roasting tin and bubble them up.
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If desired, add nuts, celery, 131 Remove from heat and skim off excess fat.
over
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A long-line jacket with tapered trousers skims over any figure flaws.
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The considerations of adult sexuality have been skimmed over rather superficially, all the same, in this chapter.
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He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below.
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In the introduction, Blake skims over various stylistic approaches and attempts to justify his own.
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Warm sun, birds singing and dragonflies skimming over the pool.
■ NOUN
surface
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But corporate-responsibility campaigners and ethical consumers are only beginning to skim the surface .
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From here I watch a patrol of pelicans skim the ocean surface while waves crash against the rocks.
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He could see it skimming over the surface of the black waters of the Liffey far below.
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This probably would have been its only chance to skim the water surface for some six months.
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This paper has barely skimmed the surface .
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It would take a hundred lifetimes merely to skim the surface and, alas, we are only given one.
water
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The breezes seemed to skim off the water like stones.
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Cleanup crews, meanwhile, skimmed oil off the water and lowered the boom.
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It skimmed low over the water .
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The second time they skimmed along the water for two miles, only to fail again.
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Try and make the end of the boom skim the water .
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This probably would have been its only chance to skim the water surface for some six months.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He threw a flat stone and watched it skim the surface of the lake.
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I skimmed the newspaper but didn't see any report on the demonstration.
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Jack opened the paper and skimmed the headlines.
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Planes skimmed the treetops as they flew in with tanks full of water to put out the fire.
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Seagulls skimmed the water, looking for fish.
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She didn't have much time so she just skimmed through the report before the meeting.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But fashion, as always, changed and the short skirt fell - literally - from favour and started skimming the ankles.
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He skimmed through the piece quickly, barely concentrating.
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Her mind skimmed back to the dinner on Friday night.
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Or, the reader may have merely skimmed the second paragraph and sent back an incomplete form.
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She picked up the stick and hurled it, skimming it low over the shallow pools left by the tide.
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The first hour proved fairly turbulent, as we skimmed under some cumulus build-ups.
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When stock is cold, skim fat from the top.