Definitions For Skim

noun

  • Reading or glancing through quickly
  • A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid

verb

  • Read superficially
  • Move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
  • Remove from the surface
  • Coat (a liquid) with a layer
  • Cause to skip over a surface
  • Travel on the surface of water
  • Examine hastily
  • To remove a layer of something from the surface of a liquid
  • To look over or read (something) quickly especially to find the main ideas
  • To throw (a flat stone) along the surface of water so that it bounces

adjective

  • Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

Is Skim a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11

The word Skim is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Skim in a Sentence

  • He skimmed the leaves from the pool.
  • The cream is skimmed from the milk.
  • The milk is skimmed before it is bottled.

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Antonyms for Skim

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