| slovo | definícia |
skimmed
(encz) | skimmed,sbíral smetanu Zdeněk Brož |
Skimmed
(gcide) | Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken.
[root]158. See Scum.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
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2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
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Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
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4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
a book or a newspaper.
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skimmed
(wn) | skimmed
adj 1: used 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" [syn: skim,
skimmed] |
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semi-skimmed
(encz) | semi-skimmed,polotučný adj: Petr Písař |
skimmed milk
(encz) | skimmed milk,odstředěné mléko Zdeněk Brožskimmed milk,sbírané mléko Zdeněk Brož |
Skimmed
(gcide) | Skim \Skim\ (sk[i^]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimmed (sk[i^]md);
p. pr. & vb. n. Skimming.] [Cf. Sw. skymma to darken.
[root]158. See Scum.]
1. To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or
lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just
beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
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2. To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
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3. To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to
glide swiftly along the surface of.
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Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the
top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the
ocean. --Hazlitt.
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4. Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in
order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim
a book or a newspaper.
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semi-skimmed milk
(wn) | semi-skimmed milk
n 1: milk from which some of the cream has been removed |
skimmed milk
(wn) | skimmed milk
n 1: milk from which the cream has been skimmed [syn: {skim
milk}, skimmed milk] [ant: whole milk] |
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