skim
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Is skim a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of skim?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.Examples: "Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, / Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main."intransitive
2. (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.Examples: "Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean."transitive
3. (transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water.Examples: "skimming stones"transitive
4. (intransitive) To ricochet.intransitive
5. (transitive) To read quickly or describe summarily, skipping some detail.Examples: "(through)"; "I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast."Synonyms: skiptransitive
6. (transitive) To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surfacetransitive
adj (English)
1. (of milk) Having lowered fat content.not-comparable
noun (English)
1. (informal) Skim milk.Examples: "Two percent milk has only a fraction less fat than whole milk, so unless you are feeding a child or someone whose diet requires whole milk, skim is best."countableinformaluncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary