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Skimmed

Definition: Skimmed

Skimmed

Adjective

1. Used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed; "yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter".

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Date "skimmed" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)


Synonym: Skimmed

Synonym: skim (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Skimmed

English words defined with "skimmed": Fleeten, Flet, FlottenGall of glassnonfat dry milkParmesan cheese, pigswill, pigwashSandiver, skim, skim milk, skimmed milk, slop, slops, supernatant, surface, swill. (references)
Specialty definitions using "skimmed": dore, dried partly skimmed milk, dried skimmed milk, drinking milk, DUCKS AND DRAKESOIL-RECOVERY-UNIT OPERATOR, OLD PEGGParkes processSedimentation Tanks, skimmed milk powder, SKIMMER, REVERBERATORY, spray skimmed milk powder, sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk, sweetened condensed skimmed milkunsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk, unsweetened condensed skimmed milkzinc scum. (references)
Etymologies containing "skimmed": Fleeten. (references)

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Photo Album: Skimmed

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Figure 17. Hyponeuston net for capturing life in the top 5 centimeters of the water column. This net was devised by Yuvenalii P. Zaitsev of the biological station at Odessa and meant to capture plankton from the very top of the water column. The top of the net was actually half out of the water when being towed while the bottom skimmed the surface. First made in 1959. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

The boys skimmed swiftly over the muddy bottom, going steadily downward as the light grew less and less. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Skimmed

TitleAuthorQuote

Sylvie and Bruno

Carroll, Lewis

Lightly and swiftly they skimmed over the ground, and I could not in the least understand how it was I kept up with them so easily.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Moreover, the monarchy sometimes had need of children, and then it skimmed the street.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Skimmed

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The continuous increase of whole insipid milk powder production and the new demands for skimmed and partially skimmed dairy products create new opportunities for foreign processing machinery suppliers. (references)

Brief, eye-catching materials which can be skimmed through quickly will net more interest than a long document crammed with details, no matter how pertinent those details are. In many instances, the decision-maker will not be a native English speaker. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Skimmed

"Skimmed" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 50.26% of the time. "Skimmed" is used about 193 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)50.26%9733,269
Adjective (general or positive)37.31%7239,377
Lexical Verb (past participle)11.92%2372,767
Noun (proper)0.52%1339,140
                    Total100.00%193N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Skimmed

Expressions using "skimmed": 2) skimmed milk powder manufactured by the spray process dried partly skimmed milk dried skimmed milk skimmed milk skimmed milk powder spray skimmed milk powder sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk sweetened condensed skimmed milk unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk unsweetened condensed skimmed milk. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "skimmed": skimmed-milk, skimmed-milk.

Ending with "skimmed": semi-skimmed.

Containing "skimmed": semi-skimmed milk.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Skimmed

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

milk skimmed

6

milk powder skimmed

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Skimmed

Language Translations for "skimmed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

'取 (skimming). (various references)

   

Danish

  

soedet kondenseret skummetmaelk (sweetened condensed skimmed milk), soedet kondenseret letmaelk (sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), skummetmaelkspulver (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder, spray skimmed milk powder), skummetmaelk til foderbrug (skimmed milk for use as feeding stuff), skummetmaelk (skimmed milk), skummetmælkschokolade (skimmed-milk chocolate), usoedet kondenseret skummetmaelk (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), usoedet kondenseret letmaelk (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), tromletoerret skummetmaelkspulver (Hatmaker skimmed milk powder, skimmed milk powder manufactured by the roller process), letmaelkspulver (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), kondenseret skummetmaelk (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), kondenseret letmaelk (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ondermelk voor veevoer (skimmed milk for use as feeding stuff), mager-melkpoeder (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder), magere-melkpoeder spray (spray skimmed milk powder), magere-melkpoeder Hatmaker (Hatmaker skimmed milk powder, skimmed milk powder manufactured by the roller process), magere-melkpoeder (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder), magere-melkchocolade (skimmed-milk chocolate), magere melk (skim milk, skimmed milk), gedeeltelijk afgeroomde-melkpoeder (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), gecondenseerde magere melk met suiker (sweetened condensed skimmed milk), gecondenseerde gedeeltelijk afgeroomde melk met suiker (sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), geëvaporeerde magere melk (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), geëvaporeerde gedeeltelijk afgeroomde melk (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vähärasvainen jogurtti (partly skimmed yoghurt), rasvaton jogurtti (skimmed yoghurt), kevytmaito (partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk). (various references)

   

French

  

écrémai, écrémés, écrémée, écrémèrent, écréma. (various references)

   

German

  

schöpfte ab, abgeschöpft, abgesahnt. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

γάλα εξαφρισμένο (skimmed milk), αποβουτυρωμένο γάλα (skimmed milk), αποκορυφωμένο γάλα (skimmed milk), αποκορυφωμένο γάλα εις κόνιν (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder), αποκορυφωμένο γάλα που χρησιμοποιείται για τη διατροφή ζώων (skimmed milk for use as feeding stuff), αποκορυφωμένο γάλα σε σκόνη Hatmaker (Hatmaker skimmed milk powder, skimmed milk powder manufactured by the roller process), άπαχο γάλα (low-fat milk, skimmed milk), γάλα αποβουτυρωμένο (skimmed milk), γάλα αποκορυφωμένο συμπυκνωμένο (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), αποβουτυρωμένο ξηρό γάλα που παρασκευάζεται με τη μέθοδο της καταιώνισης (spray skimmed milk powder), γάλα αποκορυφωμένο συμπυκνωμένο μη ζαχαρούχο (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), κόνις γάλακτος μερικώς αποκορυφωμένου (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), γάλα μερικώς αποβουτυρωμένο (partly skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk), γάλα μερικώς αποκορυφωμένο σε σκόνη (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), γάλα μερικώς αποκορυφωμένο συμπυκνωμένο (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), γάλα μερικώς αποκορυφωμένο συμπυκνωμένο μη ζαχαρούχο (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), γιαούρτη αποβουτυρωμένη (skimmed yoghurt), γιαούρτη ημιαποβουτυρωμένη (partly skimmed yoghurt), σοκολάτα αποβουτυρωμένου γάλακτος (skimmed-milk chocolate), συμπυκνωμένο ζαχαρούχο γάλα μερικώς αποκορυφωμένο (sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), σκόνη γάλακτος μερικώς αποκορυφωμένου (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), γάλα αποκορυφωμένο συμπυκνωμένο ζαχαρούχο (sweetened condensed skimmed milk). (various references)

   

Italian

  

magro (gaunt, lame, lean, low fat, meager, meagre, narrow, poor, scant, scraggy, scrawny, skimpy, skinny, slight, slim, thin, thinly). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

찌끼를 걷어내". (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

immedskay

   

Portuguese

  

leite evaporado parcialmente desnatado (unsweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), leite evaporado desnatado,leite evaporado magro (unsweetened condensed skimmed milk), leite em pó rico em matéria gorda (dried partly skimmed milk, partly skimmed-milk powder), leite em pó desnatado,leite em pó magro (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder), leite em pó desnatado do tipo "Hatmaker" ou "Roller",leite em pó desnatado de fabricação por rolos, leite em pó desnatado de fabricação "Spray", leite desnatado destinado alimentação de animais (skimmed milk for use as feeding stuff), leite desnatado (skim milk), leite condensado parcialmente desnatado (sweetened condensed partly skimmed milk), leite condensado desnatado ou leite condensado magro (sweetened condensed skimmed milk), chocolate de leite desnatado (skimmed-milk chocolate). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

снимать снятый (dismounted, skim). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

leche descremada en polvo de fabricación por rodillos("roller"), leche descremada en polvo (dried skimmed milk, skimmed milk powder, skimmed-milk powder), chocolate con leche descremada (skimmed-milk chocolate). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

skummjölk (skim milk, skimmed milk). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kaymağı alınmış süt (skim milk, skimmed milk). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Skimmed

Misspellings

"Skimmed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kimome, saimed, scummed, skimed, skimet, skimied, Skyrme. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Skimmed"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "skimmed" (pronounced ski"md)
3-i" m dbrimmed, dimmed, limbed, rimmed, slimmed, trimmed.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Skimmed

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-k-m-m-s"

-2 letters: deism, dikes, dimes, disme, miked, mikes, mimed, mimes, skied.

-3 letters: desk, dies, dike, dime, dims, disk, idem, ides, kids, mems, mids, mike, mime, mise, semi, side, sike, skid, skim.

-4 letters: die, dim, dis, eds, ems, ids, ism, kid, med, mem, mid, mim, mis, sei, sim, ski.

-5 letters: de, ed, em, es, id, is, me.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-k-m-m-s"
 

+2 letters: mismarked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Skimmed


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 6B 69 6D 6D 65 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101011 01101001 01101101 01101101 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#107 &#105 &#109 &#109 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 006B 0069 006D 006D 0065 0064

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53777579797170

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Skimmed"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Chinese

字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, cinese, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

Finnish

määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, "랑스, francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, 독일, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk, alman

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan

Korean

사 , 의, 번역韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk, kore'li

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, russo, 러시아, русский, ruso, ryss, Rusça

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättning瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme土耳其語 , 土耳其, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, турецкий, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, 영국, inglês, английский, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Fiction
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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