Past tense of skim
regular verb
The past tense of skim is skimmed. The past participle is also skimmed.
Forms of skim
| Base form (V1) | skim /skɪm/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | skimmed |
| Past participle (V3) | skimmed |
| Present participle | skimming |
| Third person singular | skims |
Skimmed in a sentence
- I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.
- We like to drink skimmed milk instead so as to consume fewer calories.From the entry skimmed milk
- He logged on to yahoo.com, skimmed the front page, and decided to sign in.From the entry log on
- The hovercraft skimmed across the open flats.From the entry flat
- She cast about for something lighthearted to say and skimmed a finger over his upper lip.2012, S. Dionne Moore, Promise of Tomorrow, Barbour Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry scoundrelish
Meaning of skim
- verb To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
- verb To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
- verb To hasten along with superficial attention.
Questions about the past tense of skim
- What is the past tense of skim?
- The past tense of skim is skimmed.
- What is the past participle of skim?
- The past participle of skim is skimmed.
- Is skim a regular or irregular verb?
- Skim is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skim (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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