skim
skim
/skɪm/
Phrasal Verbs
1 transitive to remove fat, cream, etc. from the surface of a liquid skim something off/from something Skim the scum off the jam and let it cool.
skim something Skim the jam and let it cool.
skim along/over, etc. something We watched the birds skimming over the lake.
We skimmed across the water in a small sailing boat.
(figurative) His eyes skimmed over her face.
skim something The speedboat took off, skimming the waves.
(figurative) This report has barely skimmed the surface of the subject.
skim something across, over, etc. something (British English) Small boys were skimming stones across the water.
（スプーン）などで上澄みを掬う
Collocations
adverb
preposition
phrases
skim the surface
skim something I always skim the financial section of the newspaper.
I skimmed the list until I found my name.
4 transitive skim something (from something) (informal) to steal small amounts of money frequently over a period of time She’d been skimming money from the store’s accounts for years.
5 intransitive, transitive skim (something) to illegally copy electronic information from a credit card in order to use it without the owner’s permission It is estimated that skimming now accounts for almost 50% of credit card fraud.
Word Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘remove scum from (a liquid)’): back-formation from skimmer, or from Old French escumer, from escume ‘scum, foam’.
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