skim

skim
skim [skɪm]
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ milk] écrémer ; [+ soup] écumer
• to skim the cream/scum/grease from sth écrémer/écumer/dégraisser qch
   b. to skim the ground/water [bird] raser le sol/la surface de l'eau
• to skim a stone across the pond faire ricocher une pierre sur l'étang
2. intransitive verb
• to skim across the water/along the ground raser l'eau/le sol
• the stone skimmed across the pond la pierre a ricoché sur l'étang
• to skim through a book feuilleter un livre
• he skimmed over the difficult passages il a parcouru rapidement les passages difficiles
3. compounds
► skimmed milk noun lait m écrémé
► skim off separable transitive verb
[+ cream, grease] enlever
• they skimmed off the brightest pupils ils ont sélectionné les élèves les plus brillants
* * *
[skɪm] 1.
transitive verb (p prés etc -mm-)
1) (remove cream) écrémer; (remove scum) écumer; (remove fat) dégraisser
2) (touch lightly) [plane, bird] raser, frôler [surface, treetops]

it only skims the surface of the problem — ça ne fait qu'effleurer le problème

3) (read quickly) parcourir
4) (colloq) US Finance ne pas déclarer [part of income]
2.
intransitive verb (p prés etc -mm-)
1) [plane, bird]

to skim over ou across ou along something — raser quelque chose

2) [reader]

to skim through ou over something — parcourir quelque chose

to skim over — passer rapidement sur [event, facts]


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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