skim
     adj : used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been
           removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink
           skimmed milk but should avoid butter" [syn: {skimmed}]
     n 1: a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a
          thin skim of oil on the water"
     2: reading or glancing through quickly [syn: {skimming}]
     v 1: travel on the surface of water [syn: {plane}]
     2: move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn: {skim
        over}]
     3: examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while
        waiting for the taxi" [syn: {scan}, {rake}, {glance over},
         {run down}]
     4: cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
        [syn: {skip}, {skitter}]
     5: coat (a liquid) with a layer
     6: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of
        milk" [syn: {skim off}, {cream off}, {cream}]
     7: read superficially [syn: {skim over}]
     [also: {skimming}, {skimmed}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0