skim

skim
1. transitive verb,
-mm-
1) (remove) abschöpfen; abrahmen [Milch]
2) (touch in passing) streifen
3) (pass closely over)

skim something — dicht über etwas (Akk.) fliegen

4) (scan briefly) see academic.ru/91663/skim_through">skim through
2. intransitive verb,
-mm- segeln
Phrasal Verbs:
- skim off
- skim through
* * *
[skim]
past tense, past participle - skimmed; verb
1) (to remove (floating matter, eg cream) from the surface of (a liquid): Skim the fat off the gravy.) abschöpfen
2) (to move lightly and quickly over (a surface): The skier skimmed across the snow.) gleiten
3) (to read (something) quickly, missing out parts: She skimmed (through) the book.) überfliegen
- skim milk
- skimmed milk
* * *
skim
<-mm->
[skɪm]
I. vt
1. (move lightly above)
to \skim sth etw streifen, über etw akk streichen
to \skim the surface of sth (fig) nur an der Oberfläche von etw dat kratzen; (deal with) etw nur oberflächlich behandeln
to \skim the surface of the water die Wasseroberfläche kaum berühren
2. (bounce off water)
to \skim stones on the water Steine über das Wasser hüpfen lassen
3. (read)
to \skim sth etw überfliegen
4. FOOD (remove from surface)
to \skim sth etw abschöpfen
to \skim the cream from the milk die Milch entrahmen
II. vi
to \skim over [or along] sth über etw akk hinwegstreifen
* * *
[skɪm]
1. vt
1) (= remove floating matter) abschöpfen; milk entrahmen; (fig) profits absahnen (inf)
2) (= pass low over) streifen or streichen über (+acc); (fig = touch on) berühren

he skimmed stones across the water —

he skimmed his hat across the room — er schleuderte seinen Hut quer durchs Zimmer

the book merely skims the surface of the problem — das Buch berührt das Problem nur an der Oberfläche

3) (= read quickly) überfliegen
2. vi
(across, over über +acc) (= move quickly) fliegen; (aircraft also) rasch gleiten; (stones) springen, hüpfen
* * *
skim [skım]
A v/t
1. (auch fig Gewinne) abschöpfen:
skim the cream off bes fig den Rahm abschöpfen
2. abschäumen
3. Milch entrahmen:
skimmed milk skim milk
4. fig (hin)gleiten über (akk)
5. fig ein Buch etc überfliegen, flüchtig lesen
6. sl Gewinne etc verschleiern
B v/i
1. gleiten, streichen (beide:
over über akk)
2. skim over (oder through) A 5
* * *
1. transitive verb,
-mm-
1) (remove) abschöpfen; abrahmen [Milch]
2) (touch in passing) streifen
3) (pass closely over)

skim something — dicht über etwas (Akk.) fliegen

4) (scan briefly) see skim through
2. intransitive verb,
-mm- segeln
Phrasal Verbs:
* * *
(over, along) v.
gleiten v.
(§ p.,pp.: glitt, ist geglitten)
streichen (über, entlang) v. v.
absahnen v.
abschäumen v.
abschöpfen v.
entrahmen (Milch) v.
flüchtig lesen (Buch) ausdr.
überfliegen v.

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