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📖 Определения и значения для слова skim

📒 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.

📒 to move quickly and lightly over a surface, not touching it or only touching it occasionally; to make something do this

  • 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.

📒 to read something quickly in order to find a particular point or the main points

  • skim through/over something He skimmed through the article trying to find his name.
  • skim something I always skim the financial section of the newspaper.
  • I skimmed the list until I found my name.

📒 to steal small amounts of money frequently over a period of time

  • She’d been skimming money from the store’s accounts for years.

📒 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.
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