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Meanings of skimmed in English

Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed.

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Usage of skimmed in English
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Your story is: I skimmed Freedom of the Hills on my flight.
Climbing Magazine
2
However, millions of dollars have been skimmed by corrupt contractors and officials.
Reuters
3
Pack couldn't say how much skimmed oil has been separated from water.
Reuters
4
Out on the open water, trailers of mist skimmed the viscous surface.
Jarka Ruus
5
Skipping the part about points of correspondence, I skimmed the physical descriptors.
Bones Are Forever
6
Another wavelet skimmed in and broke a little further up the sand.
Red Pottage
7
It skimmed the ground, it ran along the meadow, the cows stampeded.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
8
I skimmed over charity events, car washes, church socials, and local dramas.
Fatal Voyage
9
Whatever you skimmed from your opium scheme certainly didn't go on clothes.
Shift
10
His toes gripped the edge of the board and skimmed the water.
Crazy for the storm: a memoir of survival
11
An hour later, again airborne, I skimmed through the spring of 1845.
Death du Jour
12
I skimmed through the last Car Talk podcast, but couldn't find it.
Wired
13
Across the white plain that stretched in that direction, they skimmed accordingly.
The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
14
There was a whirring sound as the plane skimmed over the ground.
The Boy Allies at Liège; Or, Through Lines of Steel
15
Such scum should be skimmed off, as it is unappetizing in appearance.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poul...
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Patrik skimmed the few lines and read the name at the bottom.
The preacher
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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