Skim
- 1.
- (FIGURATIVE) រើសសម្រាំង, ស្ទាបសើៗ, ឆូតសើៗ
- 2.
- (FIGURATIVE) ពិនិត្យដោយស្រួលៗ, ត្រឡប់សន្លឹក (បើកសៀវភៅ), ពិនិត្យ, អានត្រួសៗ, រអិល, រំអិល, skim cream ចូកយកចេញ, skim the water ប៉ះប៉ផុតៗ, skim a book មើលទ្រួសៗ
noun
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- (1. The act of skimming. 2. Something that has been skimmed. 3. A thin layer or film. 4. Slang. The profit gained by skimming) milk forms a skim ពពុះក្រាំងកក, skim milk ទឹកដោះគោដែលគេយក ក្រែមចេញអស់
verb — past tense: skimmed ; past participle: skimmed ; present participle: skimming ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (to pass lightly over) skim over the water ប៉ះប៉ផុតៗ, (milk) skims ឡើងកកខាងលើ
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to take floating matter from the surface of a liquid, to clear (a liquid) in this way, to look (through a book, etc) hastily, to glide swiftly or lightly over, to move softly and lightly (over a surface, barely touching), to glance over in superficial way; to graze) ដួសពពុះ, ចេញ, ជម្រះស្នាមប្រឡាក់ខ្លាញ់, ខ្លាញ់, វាយយកក្រែមចេញពីទឹកដោះគោ
- skim off
- ចម្រាញ់ចេញពី, យកចេញពី
- ត្រងយកចេញ, ឬចូកយកចេញ
ENGLISH MEANING
adjective
- 1.
- Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.
verb — past tense: skimmed ; past participle: skimmed ; present participle: skimming ;
- 1.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To hasten along with superficial attention.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- 5.
- (FIGURATIVE) (TRANSITIVE) To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
- 6.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- 7.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To put on the finishing coat of plaster.