<u>T</u><u>h</u><u>e</u><u> </u><u>d</u><u>e</u><u>f</u><u>i</u><u>n</u><u>i</u><u>t</u><u>i</u><u>o</u><u>n</u><u> </u><u>o</u><u>f</u><u> </u><u>s</u><u>k</u><u>i</u><u>m</u><u> </u><u>i</u><u>s</u><u> </u><u>t</u><u>o</u><u> </u><u>s</u><u>k</u><u>i</u><u>m</u><u> </u><u>to remove something from the surface of a liquid. ... Another way to use the word skim is to mean "read quickly," like when you skim the newspaper, catching just the headlines as you search for the comics section</u><u>.</u>
one of the definitions for this word is, " to read, study, or examine superficially and rapidly especially". The person above answered correctly as well, it is all about the context.
