Verb
1. travel on the surface of water
2. move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
3. examine hastily;
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"4. cause to skip over a surface;
"Skip a stone across the pond"5. coat (a liquid) with a layer
6. remove from the surface;
"skim cream from the surface of milk"7. read superficially