skim the cream

skim the cream
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  • skim the cream off the milk — remove the cream from the top of the milk …   English contemporary dictionary

  • skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. 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. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …   Universalium

  • skim — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface of (a liquid). b take (cream etc.) from the surface of a liquid. 2 tr. a keep touching lightly or nearly touching (a surface) in passing over. b deal… …   Useful english dictionary

  • skim — [v1] remove the top part brush, cream, dip, get the cream, glance, graze, ladle, ream, scoop, separate, shave, top; concept 211 Ant. pour skim [v2] glide over quickly, lightly brush, carom, coast, dart, float, fly, graze, kiss, ricochet, sail,… …   New thesaurus

  • Skim — Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skim coat — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skim colter — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Skim milk — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • skim milk — skim n milk from which the cream has been taken called also skimmed milk * * * milk from which some or all of the cream has been removed; see lowfat m. and nonfat m …   Medical dictionary

  • skim — (v.) early 15c. (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from late 14c.), to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface, from O.Fr. escumer remove scum, from escume (Fr. écume) scum, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. scum scum, Ger. Schaum;… …   Etymology dictionary

  • skim milk or skimmed milk — [ ,skımd mılk ] noun uncount milk which has the cream removed from it: NONFAT MILK …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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