skim

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

   “Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, / Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.”

2. fiil To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

   “Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.”

3. fiil To hasten along with superficial attention.

   “They skim over a science in a very night superficial survey.”

4. fiil To put on a finishing coat of plaster.

   “Ceilings are lined with fibrous asbestos, the internal plastering being reduced to skimming alone.”

5. fiil To throw an object so it bounces on water.

   “skimming stones”

6. fiil To ricochet.
7. fiil To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.

   “I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.”

8. fiil To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface
9. fiil 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”

10. fiil 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”

11. fiil To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

    “Obviously, the longer cash sits around before being recorded, the more likely it is that a skimming fraud will occur.”

12. fiil To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.
13. fiil To become coated over.
14. sıfat Having lowered fat content.
15. isim A cursory reading, skipping the details.

    “For a first quick appreciation of the approach, we recommend a fast reading of Chapter 1, then a skim through the figures of the next two chapters — glancing at the definitions of key concepts that appear below the figures in Chapters 2 and 3.”

16. isim Skim milk.

    “Two percent milk has only a fraction less fat than whole milk, so unless you are feeding a child or someone whose diet requires whole milk, skim is best.”

17. isim The act of skimming.

    “Then you could jump 150 years and enjoy a skim across the Solent in Britain's remarkable Hovercraft.”

18. isim That which is skimmed off.
19. isim Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

    “It's a hustle, but it keeps me busy. I can take in three to three-fifty a week, more with skims.”