Skimming is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SKIMMING in dictionary:

VERB:
• remove (a substance) from the surface of a liquid
• remove a substance from the surface of (a liquid)
• steal or embezzle (money), especially in small amounts over a period of time
• fraudulently copy (credit or debit card details) with a card swipe or other device.
• go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air
• pass over (a surface), nearly or lightly touching it in the process
• throw (a flat stone) low over an expanse of water so that it bounces on the surface several times
• read (something) quickly so as to note only the important points
• deal with or treat (a subject) briefly or superficially
NOUN:
• something that is skimmed from a liquid
• a thin layer of a substance on the surface of a liquid
• an act of reading something quickly or superficially
• The act of one who skims.
• That which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid; -- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.
• the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
• reading or glancing through quickly
• failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
• the act of brushing against while passing
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to remove floating matter from the surface of

Words related to SKIMMING

skim10 skimmed16 skimmings18 skims11

Words that contain SKIMMING

skimmings18 skimmingly22 skimmington20 skimmingtons21

How to use SKIMMING in a sentence

• The practice of wrapping meat in a cloth may be dispensed with if the skimming be skillfully managed.
• The rival aeroplane was now skimming above the water at a height of about a thousand feet.
• For all the companionship of skimming vessels, the place struck me with a sense of solitude.
• Freckles went skimming around the trail on it on a preliminary trip before he locked it in his case and started his minute examination of his line on foot.
• It is not a jerky, but rather a gliding movement, as though we were skimming through the water without effort, on an even keel.
• In another moment she was skimming down the river bank toward the boy.
• As she leaped forward two strong wings sprouted from her shoulders, and before she knew it she found herself skimming lightly as a bird over the water.
• I have been skimming and dipping, in and over them, like a swallow, and as pleased as one.
• And then the drone was a roar again, and the airplane was skimming down to them.
• They were circling slowly, just skimming the surface of the ground.
• But he knew too well how the horses would feel about the plane, so he kept on, skimming high over their heads like a great, humming dragon fly.
• I observe them fishing in the canal, with a skimming net of about fifteen feet diameter, with which they tell me they catch carp.
• The process of skimming cream is in itself a soothing, not to say an absorbing one.
• Keep them boiling an hour and a half after they begin to boil, skimming well all the while.
• As she drew it from her pocket for that purpose, and removed the envelope, a little puff of wind caught the latter from her lap, and sent it lightly skimming down the deck.
• A sleek dark shape struck down, skimming across the humped-back ridge of the dragon.
• When morning broke, and Paul took the throttle, fair skies looked down upon their skimming bird, and the sea was bathed in brilliant sunshine.
• On and on she flew, light as a skimming leaf in the wind, the cat bounding in easy, flexible curves beside her.
• Let it boil slowly, stirring frequently and skimming it well until it forms a smooth, thick marmalade.
• Then add two cups of cold water and skim again, repeating this for a third skimming.
• The cream should be a compact mass of considerable thickness, and may be divided with a knife into squares of convenient size before skimming.
• Silver, though he was almost killed already with fatigue, was set to an oar, like the rest of us, and we were soon skimming swiftly over a smooth sea.
• Skimming rapidly through this he paused at a page and went down its columns carefully.
• Heat slowly, skimming when the vinegar begins to boil.
• The canoe seemed to require but very little power to send her skimming over the water.
• The swallows were busy, skimming low, and taking the young mosquitoes as they rose from the water.
• All day they were often to be seen skimming about the basin of the St.
• A vision of a fleet ice boat skimming up the river at express train speed swam before our eyes.

Similar words containing SKIMM without suffix ing

skimmed16 skimmer15 skimmia15 skimmers16 skimmias16 skimmings18 unskimmed18 skimmingly22 skimmington20 skimmingtons21

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