(v. t.) To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
(v. t.) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
(v. t.) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
(v. t.) Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
(v. i.) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
(v. i.) To hasten along with superficial attention.
(v. i.) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.
(a.) Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Often, flavorings such as chocolate and strawberry and sugars are added to low-fat and skim milk to make up for the loss of taste when the fat is removed.
(2) Each malnourished child was given 1 pound of dried skimmed milk (DSM) per week.
(3) These results indicate that healthy VLBW infants maintain adequate growth and macronutrient balance for the first 2 months postnatally when fed mothers' milk fortified with additional skim and cream components.
(4) Neither extracellular nor cell-associated hydrolase profiles changed significantly when cells were grown in skim milk or mineral salts medium at either 5 or 20 degrees C. Similarly, added calcium did not seem required for synthesis of any of the enzymes.
(5) A MI individual then, appears able to absorb the monosaccharides of the prehydrolyzed milk and can, furthermore, tolerate the low-lactose skim milk without suffering from symptoms normally associated with lactose intolerance.
(6) Streptococci and lactobacilli were assayed for their proteolytic activity in pasteurised (95 degrees C for 30 min) fresh Friesian cows' skim milk incubated at 30 degrees C for 48 h. Lactobacilli were more proteolytic than the streptococci except S. faecalis subsp.
(7) The solubility of both free and low molecular weight ligand complexed calcium, magnesium, and zinc in skimmed human and bovine milks over intestinal luminal pH ranges (approximately 3-7) was measured using ultrafiltration techniques.
(8) Uptake with skimmed milk was the same as with whole milk and we suggested that the factor was not fat.
(9) With a dried skim milk extender, prefreeze and postfreeze motility was greater in samples containing 20% seminal plasma.
(10) Distribution of membrane in mature milks was: fat globules, 80%; skim milk, 20% (including fluff, 5%); and cells, less than 1%.
(11) The lipoprotein lipase and tributyrate hydrolysing activities were found to be similarly distributed in the fractions obtained when whole milk was separated into skim-milk and cream, and when the cream was washed and freed from lipid.
(12) Addition of dried skim milk or dried whey to the diet resulted in higher values (P less than .05) for DMD and ED as compared with the basal or corn-soy and lard diet.
(13) Recovery of vitamin D added to unfortified skim milk is 98%.
(14) A method is described for purification of sulfhydryl oxidase from bovine milk which consistently yields preparations with greater than 3000-fold purification over skim milk.
(15) Neutrophil morphology was altered by fat, skim, CL, CE, NO, and DP.
(16) Mourinho’s pre-match utterances are generally best skimmed for the odd word not specifically dedicated to inflammatory falsehoods, but Chelsea’s manager was correct to offer some wary respect for the Football League’s champion club and here, lining up in a tightly knit 4-4-2, Leicester were sharp in the tackle early on, and pacy on the break throughout.
(17) The activity was destroyed by heating to temperatures higher than 50 degrees, whereas the presence of skim milk during heating preserved the enzyme activity, at least, up to 70 degrees.
(18) In the department for calves being fed with fluid feed of a specialised enterprise for calf rearing the daily intake of fluid feed (skim milk improved with milk substitute), concentrated feed and hay of a total of 341 female animals and the daily intake of energy and protein was calculated thereof.
(19) In the second experiment the utilization of lysine (relative to free lysine) for weight gain, as measured in weaner pigs, was found to be 0.68, 0.73, 0.81, 0.86 and 1.00 for cottonseed meal 1, cottonseed meal 2, meat meal, sunflower meal and skim milk respectively.
(20) Everything started to unravel for Spurs a minute before half-time when Willian’s free-kick skimmed off Rose’s head, ricocheted off Dier and dropped invitingly for Terry.
Skimp
Definition:
(v. t.) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
(v. t.) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
(v. i.) To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
(a.) Scanty.
Example Sentences:
(1) And they’re hard on themselves.” McCaw said players often will pay for a top-quality coach, then try to skimp on a fitness trainer.
(2) We are under a lot of budget pressure at the moment but the community won’t thank us if we skimp unreasonably on national security,’’ Abbott said.
(3) He skimped studies to pursue drama and started his career with one line in the 1996 West End musical Martin Guerre .
(4) After all, my mother belongs to a generation of bright middle-class women who were only ever expected to work until a family came along, whose education was skimped and ambitions stifled – and who subsequently encouraged their daughters to believe the sky was the limit.
(5) But he and his fellow reformers aren't seeking to skimp on algebra, or calling for a bonfire of the works of the Chicago school.
(6) But you might have three years’ of tax documents on an eight-year-old laptop that won’t run a new operating system, or you might skimp on your tablet and end up with a model made by a small company that goes out of business and thus never fixes new security holes.
(7) The seven-storey store attracts more than 15m shoppers a year, and its new owners have not skimped on the investment required to keep them coming back.
(8) The Justice Department also accused the Texas of intentionally skimping on voter outreach after the law was passed.
(9) George Osborne's speech to the Conservative party conference skimped on proposals to reform finance – and a party whose two treasurers are a hedge-fund manager and a broker is unlikely to give the City too hard a time.
(10) Several investigations executed in recent years show that many school-children skimp increasingly on their school lunches the older they become.
(11) Popular books like these tend to generalize and skimp on the science, says Murray.
(12) Had Paterson listened, he would have been told that skimping on flood defences is deeply false economy even in austere times: ministers admit each scheme saves £8 in damage for every £1 spent.
(13) Murphy and Co aren’t trying to dole out the revelations or skimp on the secrets for some vague future date.
(14) Setting rules and controlling just about every aspect of its stores, so that the only thing that franchisees can skimp on is wages," he said after the ruling.
(15) Over a quarter of all adults skimped on meals so others in their households could eat.
(16) Asked whether the jury had skimped on reading the judge's 109 pages of instructions in order to reach their verdict so quickly, Hogan replied: "Before the closing arguments [by Apple and Samsung] the judge read to us the final instructions, instance by instance.
(17) Are government and local authorities skimping on quality of training and consultancy in favour of quantity of adoptions?
(18) the less one knows the more one is tempted to skimp and perform a minimal 'pilot' study.
(19) It is just that skimping on the pay of the people who keep hospitals working is the wrong way to do it.
(20) Developer Telltale Games' take on the zombie apocalypse has won widespread acclaim, and for good reason: it doesn't skimp on plot or characterisation, and will give you the shivers if played at night.