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[ verb ] remove from the surface
Examples "skim cream from the surface of milk" Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)The simple-minded comedy of Dogberry and Verges , also familiar in a day that responds easily to jokes skimmed_off the top of writers ' heads , evoked laughter . (Marian Nester, "New Methods of Parapsychology"...)Now when , so_to_speak , the cream has been skimmed_off , and the items in the successful categories separated_out , the sitter can be asked to consider and rate only this concentrated `` cream '' , where the sensitive is at her best . |
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