What does skimming mean?
Definitions for skimming
ˈskɪm ɪŋskim·ming
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word skimming.
Princeton's WordNet
skimmingnoun
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
skim, skimmingnoun
reading or glancing through quickly
skimmingnoun
failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
grazing, shaving, skimmingnoun
the act of brushing against while passing
Wiktionary
skimmingnoun
Something skimmed from a surface etc.
skimmingnoun
A motion or action that skims.
Webster Dictionary
Skimming
of Skim
Skimmingnoun
the act of one who skims
Skimmingnoun
that which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of skimming in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of skimming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of skimming in a Sentence
We don't make that many fantastic discoveries in a lifetime of archeology but this is certainly one them, this is the first time we've found empirical evidence of how they moved the stones. There have been all sorts of ideas from rolling them in a strange cart-like construction to skimming them across the ice.
We have too many middlemen skimming off, getting rid of those middlemen is the shortest cut to cost savings.
He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
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