

She skimmed the cream off the milk.
To remove a layer from the surface of a liquid.
He skimmed the foam off the soup.
They skimmed the leaves from the pond.
I skimmed the fat off the gravy.
skim the surface
skim off
skim the cream
remove
lift
extract
There was a skim of ice on the pond.
A thin layer or film that is removed from the surface of a liquid.
A skim of dust covered the old books.
She noticed a skim of oil on the water's surface.
The milk had a skim of cream floating on top.
skim of snow
thin skim
ice skim
layer
film
coating