Was Does Skimmed Mean?

1 : to clean a liquid of scum or floating substance : remove (as cream or film) from the top part of a liquid. 2 : to read or examine quickly and not thoroughly I skimmed the newspaper. 3 : to skip (a stone) along the surface of water.

What does it mean when something is skimmed?

to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. ... to cover, as a liquid, with a thin film or layer: Ice skimmed the lake at night.

How do I skim in English?

Skimming to save time
  1. Read the table of contents or chapter overview to learn the main divisions of ideas.
  2. Glance through the main headings in each chapter just to see a word or two. ...
  3. Read the entire introductory paragraph and then the first and last sentence only of each following paragraph.
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