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skimming

/ˈskɪmɪŋ/

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verb

Überfliegen, dahingleiten

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

Examples :

"The bird was skimming the surface of the lake, looking for food. "

Der Vogel überflog die Oberfläche des Sees auf der Suche nach Nahrung.

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verb

Überfliegen, streifen

To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Examples :

"The bird was skimming the surface of the lake as it searched for food. "

Der Vogel überflog die Oberfläche des Sees, als er nach Nahrung suchte.

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verb

Überfliegen, überlesen

To hasten along with superficial attention.

Examples :

"She was skimming the article for the main points because she was short on time. "

Sie überflog den Artikel nach den wichtigsten Punkten, weil sie wenig Zeit hatte.

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verb

Verputzen, glätten

To put on a finishing coat of plaster.

Examples :

"The painter is skimming the walls with a final coat of plaster to smooth out the imperfections. "

Der Maler verputzt die Wände mit einer letzten Schicht Putz, um die Unebenheiten auszugleichen.

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verb

Schleudern, übers Wasser hüpfen lassen

To throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)

Examples :

"At the lake, my brother was skimming stones, trying to get them to bounce across the water as many times as possible. "

Am See ließ mein Bruder Steine übers Wasser hüpfen und versuchte, sie so oft wie möglich über das Wasser springen zu lassen.

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verb

Abprallen, hüpfen

Examples :

"The ball skimmed off the top of the table, landing softly on the floor. "

Der Ball prallte von der Tischplatte ab und landete sanft auf dem Boden.

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verb

Überfliegen, überlesen

To read quickly, skipping some detail

Examples :

"I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast."

Ich überflog die Zeitung beim Frühstück.

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verb

Abschöpfen, abtragen

To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

Examples :

"She was skimming the foam off the top of the homemade soup. "

Sie schöpfte den Schaum von der selbstgemachten Suppe ab.

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verb

Abschöpfen, abrahmen

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.

Examples :

"to skim milk; to skim broth"

Milch abschöpfen; Brühe abrahmen

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verb

Abschöpfen, abrahmen

To clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk

Examples :

"to skim cream"

Sahne abschöpfen

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verb

Abkassieren, unterschlagen

To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

Examples :

"The accountant was suspected of skimming money from the company's payroll. "

Der Buchhalter stand im Verdacht, Geld von der Gehaltsabrechnung des Unternehmens unterschlagen zu haben.

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verb

Daten abgreifen, auslesen

To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.

Examples :

"The cashier was arrested for skimming customers' credit card information while processing payments. "

Der Kassierer wurde verhaftet, weil er beim Bezahlen die Kreditkarteninformationen der Kunden auslas.

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verb

Überziehen, bedecken

To become coated over.

Examples :

"The hot chocolate was skimming over with a thin layer of cooled milk. "

Die heiße Schokolade überzog sich mit einer dünnen Schicht abgekühlter Milch.

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noun

Abschöpfung, Abstreifen

Something skimmed from a surface etc.

Examples :

"aluminium skimmings"

Aluminium-Abschöpfungen

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noun

Das Abschöpfen, das Abstreifen

A motion or action that skims.

Examples :

"The skimming of the lake's surface by the swallows was beautiful to watch. "

Das Abschöpfen der Seeoberfläche durch die Schwalben war wunderschön anzusehen.

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noun

Skimboarden

The sport of skimboarding.

Examples :

"My favorite summer activity is skimming at the beach. "

Meine Lieblingsaktivität im Sommer ist Skimboarden am Strand.