to skim the cream from

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• skim the cream off the milk — remove the cream from the top of the milk …   English contemporary dictionary

• skim — /skim/, v., skimmed, skimming, n. v.t. 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from the surface of a liquid, as with a spoon or ladle: to skim the cream from milk. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or… …   Universalium

• skim — v. & n. v. (skimmed, skimming) 1 tr. a take scum or cream or a floating layer from the surface of (a liquid). b take (cream etc.) from the surface of a liquid. 2 tr. a keep touching lightly or nearly touching (a surface) in passing over. b deal… …   Useful english dictionary

• skim — [c]/skɪm / (say skim) verb (skimmed, skimming) –verb (t) 1. to take up or remove (floating matter) from a liquid with a spoon, ladle, etc.: to skim cream. 2. to clear (liquid) thus: to skim milk. 3. to move or glide lightly over or along the… …  

• cream — [[t]krim[/t]] n. 1) coo the fatty part of milk that rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand and is not homogenized 2) clo a soft solid or thick liquid containing medicaments or other specific ingredients, applied externally for a …   From formal English to slang

• skim milk — skim n milk from which the cream has been taken called also skimmed milk * * * milk from which some or all of the cream has been removed; see lowfat m. and nonfat m …   Medical dictionary

• skim — (v.) early 15c. (skimmer, the utensil, is attested from late 14c.), to clear (a liquid) from matter floating on the surface, from O.Fr. escumer remove scum, from escume (Fr. écume) scum, from a Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. scum scum, Ger. Schaum;… …   Etymology dictionary

• Skim — Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been taken …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skim coat — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skim colter — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Skim milk — Skim Skim, a. Contraction of {Skimming} and {Skimmed}. [1913 Webster] {Skim coat}, the final or finishing coat of plaster. {Skim colter}, a colter for paring off the surface of land. {Skim milk}, skimmed milk; milk from which the cream has been… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English