Crossword clues for skimmed
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken.
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.
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To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.
--Hazlitt. 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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: skim)
WordNet
v. travel on the surface of water [syn: plane]
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of [syn: skim over]
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" [syn: scan, rake, glance over, run down]
cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond" [syn: skip, skitter]
coat (a liquid) with a layer
remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk" [syn: skim off, cream off, cream]
read superficially [syn: skim over]
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: skim]
See skim
Usage examples of "skimmed".
If you skimmed that stuff, you could black market it to starships or you could sell it right back to guess where?
Rachael spoke as the shuttle skimmed low now over an endless expanse of gently rolling sea.
They returned to the lagoon and skimmed low, searching for a place to set down.
Insects, some of them larger than birds of prey, darted across the water or skimmed its surface.
As Cassia skimmed it, her lips thinned and her pale face turned nearly gray.
She skimmed her fingers through her hair in an attempt to smooth it, then made a grab for the clip.
Her lips curved slowly as she skimmed a finger down the front of his shirt.
Watching her, he skimmed his hands up her sides, over her breasts, down again.
A low hum of pleasure sounded in his throat as he skimmed his tongue over hers, drew her closer.
Her hips arched instinctively as he skimmed his thumbs over her nipples.
Deliberately, she skimmed her fingers down the long curve of her hair.
His skin was hot and slick with sweat, and she inhaled his familiar musky scent as her fingertips skimmed his body.
His tongue sought the taste of her, his hands lightly skimmed the peaks and valleys beneath her deerskin poncho and were gone before she could mouth the words to protest.
He grasped her jaw in his hand and turned her face up to his at the same time his hand skimmed across her nipple.
Her body molded to his hard male form as his hands caressed her shoulders, then skimmed across her breasts beneath the lavender dress.