skims in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for skims in the English»French Dictionary

I.skim <pres part skimming; pret, pp skimmed> [Brit skɪm, Am skɪm] VB trans

1. skim:

skim (remove cream) milk

écrémer

skim (remove scum) liquid

écumer

skim (remove fat) sauce, soup

dégraisser

to skim the fat from the surface of the soup, to skim the soup to remove the fat

dégraisser la soupe

to skim oil from the sea

enlever le pétrole de la surface de la mer par écumage

2. skim (touch lightly) plane, bird:

skim surface, treetops

raser, frôler

the article only skims the surface of the problem

l'article ne fait qu'effleurer le problème

3. skim (read quickly):

skim letter, page

parcourir

4. skim (throw on water):

skim piece of glass, object

faire des ricochets avec

to skim stones

faire des ricochets avec des cailloux

5. skim Am inf FIN:

skim part of income

ne pas déclarer

II.skim <pres part skimming; pret, pp skimmed> [Brit skɪm, Am skɪm] VB intr

1. skim:

to skim over, to skim across, to skim along plane, bird:

raser

Phrases:

to skim through, to skim over reader:

parcourir qc

in his speech he skimmed over the unpalatable facts

dans son discours il est passé rapidement sur les faits désagréables

I.skim off VB [Brit skɪm -, Am skɪm -] (skim off [sth], skim [sth] off)

skim off cream, fat, scum, dross:

skim off

retirer, enlever

to skim off the fat from the sauce

dégraisser la sauce

skim off the cream from the milk

écrémer le lait

skimmed milk, skim milk N

skimmed milk

lait m écrémé

Translations for skims in the French»English Dictionary

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lire qc en diagonale

to skim through sth

ricocher (sur l'eau)

to skim (sur on ou across)

faire ricocher des cailloux sur le lac

to skim stones on ou across the lake

une lecture hâtive du journal

a skim through the newspaper

le livre ne fait qu'effleurer la question fig

the book only skims over ou touches on the subject

écrémer lait

to skim

écumer bouillon, confiture

to skim

écumer bouillon, confiture

to skim

parcourir sommairement un livre/rapport

to skim through a book/report

skims in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skims in the English»French Dictionary

I.skim <-mm-> [skɪm] VB trans

1. skim (move above):

skim

frôler

skim over water

raser

2. skim (make bounce off water):

skim stones

faire ricocher

3. skim (read quickly):

skim

parcourir

4. skim FOOD:

skim

écumer

skim milk

écrémer

II.skim <-mm-> [skɪm] VB intr

skim

survoler

skim milk

skim milk → skimmed milk

See also skimmed milk

skimmed milk N no pl

skimmed milk

lait m écrémé

Translations for skims in the French»English Dictionary

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survoler article

to skim through

survoler question

to skim over

faire ricocher une pierre sur l'eau

to skim a stone on the water

lait maigre

skim milk Am

dégraisser un bouillon

to skim the grease off

écumer

to skim

raser le sol oiseaux, projectiles

to skim the ground

skims Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to skim a stone on the water

faire ricocher une pierre sur l'eau

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A special drain traps silt and skims oil from the work yard and parking area before it can reach the water.

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