| noun | the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid |
| noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| noun | failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it |
| noun | the act of brushing against while passing |
| verb | travel on the surface of water |
| verb | move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of |
| verb | examine hastily “She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi” |
| verb | cause to skip over a surface “Skip a stone across the pond” |
| verb | coat (a liquid) with a layer |
| verb | remove from the surface “skim cream from the surface of milk” |
| verb | read superficially |
| skim | verb | remove from the surface |
| graze | verb | break the skin (of a body part) by scraping |
| shave | verb | touch the surface of lightly |
| skim | noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| skimming | noun | reading or glancing through quickly |
| skimmer | noun | a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids |