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skimming

/ˈskɪmɪŋ/

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verb

Effleurer, raser

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. "

L'oiseau rasait la surface du lac, à la recherche de nourriture.

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verb

Effleurer, raser

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. "

L'oiseau rasait la surface du lac alors qu'il cherchait de la nourriture.

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verb

Survoler, parcourir rapidement

To hasten along with superficial attention.

Examples :

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

Elle survolait l'article pour en saisir les points principaux, car elle manquait de temps.

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verb

Enduire, lisser

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. "

Le peintre enduit les murs d'une dernière couche de plâtre pour lisser les imperfections.

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verb

Faire ricocher

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. "

Au bord du lac, mon frère faisait ricocher des pierres, essayant de les faire rebondir sur l'eau autant de fois que possible.

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verb

Ricocher, sauter

Examples :

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

La balle a ricoché sur le dessus de la table, atterrissant doucement sur le sol.

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verb

Parcourir, survoler

To read quickly, skipping some detail

Examples :

"I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast."

J'ai parcouru le journal pendant le petit-déjeuner.

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verb

Écrémer, enlever

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

Examples :

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

Elle enlevait l'écume du dessus de la soupe faite maison.

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verb

Écrémer, dégraisser

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"

écrémer le lait ; dégraisser le bouillon

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verb

Écrémer, dégraisser

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"

Écrémer la crème

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verb

Soutirer de l'argent, détourner des fonds

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. "

Le comptable était soupçonné de soutirer de l'argent de la paie de l'entreprise.

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verb

Cloner, pirater

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. "

Le caissier a été arrêté pour avoir cloné les informations de carte de crédit des clients lors du traitement des paiements.

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verb

Se recouvrir, se voiler

To become coated over.

Examples :

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

Le chocolat chaud se voilait d'une fine couche de lait refroidi.

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noun

Écrémage, dénaturation

Something skimmed from a surface etc.

Examples :

"aluminium skimmings"

Écrémages d'aluminium

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noun

L'écrémage, l'effleurement

A motion or action that skims.

Examples :

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

L'effleurement de la surface du lac par les hirondelles était magnifique à regarder.

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noun

Le skimboard

The sport of skimboarding.

Examples :

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

Mon activité estivale préférée est le skimboard à la plage.