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skim·ming [ˈskɪmɪŋ] N no pl

skimming

II . skim <-mm-> [skɪm] VB intr

skim off VB trans

1. skim off FOOD (remove from surface):

to skim off sth

2. skim off fig (remove from group):

skimmed milk [ˌskɪmdˈ-] Am usu, skim ˈmilk N no pl

skim tree

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

On a cold late September morning, wider than sky-wide discs of lit-shale clouds

skim the hills, crescents, chords of sunlight now and then fracturing

the long peripheries:

www.neuesirene.de

weiter als himmelsweite platten schieferheller wolken

streifen die hügel, crescendos, akkorde des sonnenlichts durchbrechen dann und wann

die langen peripherien:

www.neuesirene.de

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