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Skim (Noun)

Reading or glancing through quickly.

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

She took a few minutes to skim the newspaper headlines before heading out the door.
The researcher had to skim through hundreds of pages of documents to find the relevant information.
After skimming the first chapter, I decided to buy the book and read it thoroughly.
He liked to skim the magazine articles during his lunch break to stay up-to-date on current events.
The student was accused of skimming the assigned reading instead of thoroughly understanding the material.

A thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water".

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made).

A thin skim of cream floated on top of the coffee.
There was a visible skim of ice on the pond's surface by morning.
After the oil spill, a slick skim of petroleum covered the surface of the ocean.
The chef carefully removed the skim that had formed on the surface of the soup.
A fatty skim formed on the surface of the gravy as it cooled.