English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of skim

skim

/verb/ हवा में घूमना; फिसलना; फेन हटाना; मलाई हटाना;
/noun/फिसलने की क्रिया; मलाई निकाला दूध; मलाई उतारा दूध; झाग; फेन; फफूंदन;

Synonym glide; skid; skim milk; Foam; Fen;

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English Dictionary:

1. Skim

[a.]

- Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

2. Skim

[v. i.]

- To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- To hasten along with superficial attention.
- To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

3. Skim

[v. t.]

- To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
- To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
- To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.