Nouns

(n)skima thin layer covering the surface of a liquid“there was a thin skim of oil on the water”
(n)skim, skimmingreading or glancing through quickly

Verbs

(v)plane, skimtravel on the surface of water
(v)skim over, skimmove or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
(v)scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downexamine hastily“She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi”
(v)skim, skip, skittercause to skip over a surface“Skip a stone across the pond”
(v)skimcoat (a liquid) with a layer
(v)skim, skim off, cream off, creamremove from the surface“skim cream from the surface of milk”
(v)skim, skim overread superficially

Adjectives

(s)skim, skimmedused of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed“yogurt made with skim milk”, “she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter”