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