General Definition: 1. The action of scooping something off the top of something and discarding it, or any thing or any action that can be easily associated with this in a given context. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To remove the top layer off a liquid. English = skim. Note: 1. There appears to be no commonly used Auslan sign for SKIM (but some signers represent this visually using these depicting signs, once they have established the topic). If you know a sign for SKIM used by you or other Auslan users (deaf people or interpreters) please go to "Report missing sign" and supply details. Thank you.