Whole vs. Skim

Wholeadjective

Entire.

‘I ate a whole fish.’;

Skimverb

(intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

Wholeadjective

Sound, uninjured, healthy.

‘He is of whole mind, but the same cannot be said about his physical state.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

Wholeadjective

(of food) From which none of its constituents has been removed.

‘whole wheat;’; ‘whole milk’;

Skimverb

To hasten along with superficial attention.

Wholeadverb

(colloquial) In entirety; entirely; wholly.

‘I ate a fish whole!’;

Skimverb

To put on a finishing coat of plaster.

Wholenoun

Something complete, without any parts missing.

‘This variety of fascinating details didn't fall together into an enjoyable, coherent whole.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) to throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones)

Wholenoun

An entirety.

Skimverb

(intransitive) to ricochet

Wholeadjective

Containing the total amount, number, etc.; comprising all the parts; free from deficiency; all; total; entire; as, the whole earth; the whole solar system; the whole army; the whole nation.

‘The whole race of mankind.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) to read quickly, skipping some detail

‘I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.’;

Wholeadjective

Complete; entire; not defective or imperfect; not broken or fractured; unimpaired; uninjured; integral; as, a whole orange; the egg is whole; the vessel is whole.

‘My life is yet whole in me.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) to scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface

Wholeadjective

Possessing, or being in a state of, heath and soundness; healthy; sound; well.

‘[She] findeth there her friends hole and sound.’; ‘They that be whole need not a physician.’; ‘When Sir Lancelot's deadly hurt was whole.’; ‘All the whole army stood agazed on him.’; ‘One entire and perfect chrysolite.’; ‘Lest total darkness should by night regainHer old possession, and extinguish life.’; ‘So absolute she seems,And in herself complete.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) to clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface.

‘to skim milk; to skim broth’;

Wholenoun

The entire thing; the entire assemblage of parts; totality; all of a thing, without defect or exception; a thing complete in itself.

‘"This not the whole of life to live,Nor all of death to die.’;

Skimverb

(transitive) to clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream that floats on top of fresh milk

‘to skim cream’;

Wholenoun

A regular combination of parts; a system.

‘Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.’;

Skimverb

To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

Wholenoun

all of something including all its component elements or parts;

‘Europe considered as a whole’; ‘the whole of American literature’;

Skimverb

To surreptitiously scan a payment card in order to obtain its information for fraudulent purposes.

Wholenoun

an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity;

‘how big is that part compared to the whole?’; ‘the team is a unit’;

Skimverb

(intransitive) To become coated over.

Wholeadjective

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete;

‘gave his whole attention’; ‘a whole wardrobe for the tropics’; ‘the whole hog’; ‘a whole week’; ‘the baby cried the whole trip home’; ‘a whole loaf of bread’;

Skimadjective

(of milk) Having lowered fat content.

Wholeadjective

(of siblings) having the same parents;

‘whole brothers and sisters’;

Skimnoun

A cursory reading, skipping the details.

Wholeadjective

exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health;

‘hale and hearty’; ‘whole in mind and body’; ‘a whole person again’;

Skimnoun

(informal) Skim milk.

Wholeadverb

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly');

‘he was wholly convinced’; ‘entirely satisfied with the meal’; ‘it was completely different from what we expected’; ‘was completely at fault’; ‘a totally new situation’; ‘the directions were all wrong’; ‘it was not altogether her fault’; ‘an altogether new approach’; ‘a whole new idea’;

Skimnoun

The act of skimming.

Skimnoun

That which is skimmed off.

Skimnoun

Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection.

Skimverb

To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.

Skimverb

To take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.

Skimverb

To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

‘Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.’;

Skimverb

Fig.: To read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.

Skimverb

To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.

‘Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,Flies o'er the unbending corn, and skims along the main.’;

Skimverb

To hasten along with superficial attention.

‘They skim over a science in a very superficial survey.’;

Skimverb

To put on the finishing coat of plaster.

Skimadjective

Contraction of Skimming and Skimmed.

Skimnoun

a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid;

‘there was a thin skim of oil on the water’;

Skimnoun

reading or glancing through quickly

Skimverb

travel on the surface of water

Skimverb

move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of

Skimverb

examine hastily;

‘She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi’;

Skimverb

cause to skip over a surface;

‘Skip a stone across the pond’;

Skimverb

coat (a liquid) with a layer

Skimverb

remove from the surface;

‘skim cream from the surface of milk’;

Skimverb

read superficially

Skimadjective

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’;