1 to read or consider something quickly in order to understand the main points, without studying it in detail:
3 to secretly use a piece of equipment that records someone's credit card details in order to use their credit card account illegally
4 to move quickly just above or on a surface, or to cause something to move above or on a surface:
5 to read or look at something quickly to understand the main points, without studying it in detail:
7 to steal money from an account, budget, etc. over a period of time in amounts that cannot be easily noticed:
skim sth from sth The defendants were accused of skimming money from a multimillion-dollar construction project.
During the lifetime of their company the defendants skimmed off more than €5.5 million.
8 to steal someone's credit card details using electronic equipment, in order to use their account illegally:
9 to charge a high price for a new product in order to make as much profit as possible before other similar products become available and prices fall:
For a quick overview, it may be worth skimming 2-4.
The extensive chapter on abolition, for example, skims over modes of liberation, the roles of families and post-liberation livelihoods.
As such, the volume leaves the reader seeking more explanation on some topics while skimming through other areas explored too deeply.
Yet, some authors briefly skimmed through theories and concepts, and risked over-simplification.
It is not known how much free skimmed milk was distributed through the normal channels in the district.
All of the tainted powdered skim milk was used exclusively as a manufacturing ingredient.
This is very true, but the observation only skims the surface of the debate.
Politicians who support collective bargaining with laws and other services skim off their share of the rent in the form of campaign contributions.
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