skim

skim
1. n снятие
2. n тонкая плёнка

skim on ink — плёнка на краске

3. v снимать

to skim milk — снимать сливки с молока

skim the cream off — снимать сливки с молока

4. v тех. сгребать шлак

lead skim — свинцовый шлак

5. v покрывать тонкой плёнкой

a pond skimmed with ice — пруд, затянутый тонким льдом

6. v амер. наносить последний слой штукатурки
7. v с. -х. снимать дернину
8. n лёгкое скольжение; скольжение по поверхности

skim over ink — образование пленки на поверхности краски

9. v легко и плавно скользить; нестись, едва касаясь поверхности

a skater skims the ice — конькобежец плавно скользит по льду

he seems to skim the ground — он бежит, словно не касаясь земли

skim the horizon — касаться горизонта

10. v проноситься над поверхностью, не касаясь её

to skim the bar — переходить планку вплотную

11. v запускать; бросать

he skimmed a flat stone across the water — он бросил плоский камешек, и камешек запрыгал по воде

12. v поверхностно знакомиться

to skim a subject — подходить поверхностно к предмету

13. v бегло просматривать

to skim over a book — бегло просматривать книгу

skim through — просматривать

skim over — бегло прочитывать

14. v прост. утаивать доход

skim money — утаённый доход; доход, скрываемый при уплате налога

Синонимический ряд:
1. glance (verb) browse; brush; brush over; carom; dap; dip into; flip; glance; glance at; graze; kiss; leaf through; look through; read over; read over quickly; read summarily; ricochet; riffle through; run through; scan; shave; skip; thumb through
2. sail (verb) dart; drift; float; flutter; fly; glide; hover; sail; scud; shoot; skirr
3. skip (verb) carom; graze; ricochet; skip
4. take off floating layer (verb) bail; dip; ladle; remove scum; remove the cream; scoop off; separate; take off floating layer

English-Russian base dictionary . 2014.

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  • əskimə — «Əskimək»dən f. is …   Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti

  • skim — [skım] v past tense and past participle skimmed present participle skimming [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Perhaps from scum to remove scum (14 19 centuries), from scum (noun)] 1.) [T] to remove something from the surface of a liquid, especially… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • skim — skim; skim·mel·ton; skim·mia; skim·ming; skim·ming·ly; skim·ming·ton; skim·mi·ty; skim·ble skam·ble; skim·mer; skim·mer·ton; …   English syllables

  • skim — [skɪm] verb skimmed PTandPPX skimming PRESPARTX [transitive] also skim off to take money illegally, for example by not saying that you have made profits so that you do not have to pay tax: • He was accused of s …   Financial and business terms

  • skim — [ skım ] verb 1. ) intransitive or transitive to move quickly over the surface of something, or to make something do this: We stood on the bridge watching swallows skimming the water. skim across/over: Water skiers skimmed across the bay. a )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 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 — (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Skimmed} (sk[i^]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Skimming}.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken. [root]158. See {Scum}.] 1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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 — may refer to:*Skimming (reading), a high speed reading process *Skimboarding, a sport which involves riding a board on wet sand or shallow water *Skimming (casinos), a practice in which organized crime took part of the take collected by casinos… …   Wikipedia

  • skim — [skim] vt. skimmed, skimming [ME skimen, prob. akin to SCUM] 1. a) to clear (a liquid) of floating matter b) to remove (floating matter) from a liquid 2. to coat or cover with a thin layer [a pond skimmed with ice] …   English World dictionary

  • Skim — Skim, v. i. 1. To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface. [1913 Webster] Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o er the unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English


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