Unscramble skims

Definition of skim

adjective:

• used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk", "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter". Synonyms: skimmed.

noun:

• a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water".
• reading or glancing through quickly. Synonyms: skimming.

verb:

• travel on the surface of water. Synonyms: plane.
• move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of. Synonyms: skim over.
• examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi". Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, scan.
• cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond". Synonyms: skip, skitter.
• coat (a liquid) with a layer.
• remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk". Synonyms: cream, cream off, skim off.
• read superficially. Synonyms: skim over.

Related words

aquaplane.

Words nearby

shim, ski, skid, skimp, skin, skip, skit, slim, swim.

Rhymes with

brim, dim, grim, grimm, gym, hymn, limb, limn, mckim, patronym, prelim, prelim, prim, rim, shim, slim, swim, trim, vim, whim.