The difference between Fly and Skim

When used as nouns, fly means any insect of the order diptera, whereas skim means a cursory reading, skipping the details.

When used as verbs, fly means to travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface, whereas skim means to pass lightly.

When used as adjectives, fly means quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp, whereas skim means having lowered fat content.

check bellow for the other definitions of Fly and Skim

  1. Fly as a noun (zoology):

    Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called .

  2. Fly as a noun (non-technical):

    Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).

  3. Fly as a noun:

    Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.

  4. Fly as a noun (fishing):

    A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

  5. Fly as a noun (weightlifting):

    A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)

  6. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    A witch's familiar.

  7. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    A parasite.

  8. Fly as a noun (swimming):

    The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)

  9. Fly as a noun:

    A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

  1. Fly as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.

    Examples:

    "Birds of passage fly to warmer regions as it gets colder in winter. The Concorde flew from Paris to New York faster than any other passenger airplane. It takes about eleven hours to fly from Frankfurt to Hongkong. The little fairy flew home on the back of her friend, the giant eagle."

  2. Fly as a verb (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic):

    To flee, to escape (from).

    Examples:

    "'Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!"

  3. Fly as a verb (transitive, ergative):

    To cause to fly : to transport via air or the like.

    Examples:

    "Charles Lindbergh flew his airplane The Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic ocean. Why don’t you go outside and fly kites, kids? The wind is just perfect. Birds fly their prey to their nest to feed it to their young. Each day the post flies thousands of letters around the globe."

  4. Fly as a verb (intransitive, colloquial, of a proposal, project or idea):

    To be accepted, come about or work out.

    Examples:

    "Let's see if that idea flies. You know, I just don't think that's going to fly. Why don't you spend your time on something better?"

  5. Fly as a verb (intransitive):

    To travel very fast, hasten.

  6. Fly as a verb:

    To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.

    Examples:

    "a door flies open; a bomb flies apart"

  7. Fly as a verb:

    To hunt with a hawk.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Francis Bacon"

  8. Fly as a verb (transitive):

    To display a flag on a flagpole.

  1. Fly as a noun (obsolete):

    The action of flying; flight.

  2. Fly as a noun:

    An act of flying.

    Examples:

    "We had a quick half-hour fly back into the city."

    "There was a good wind, so I decided to give the kite a fly."

  3. Fly as a noun (baseball):

    A fly ball.

  4. Fly as a noun (now, historical):

    A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised ).

  5. Fly as a noun:

    A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.

  6. Fly as a noun (often plural):

    A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.

    Examples:

    "Ha-ha! Your flies are undone!"

  7. Fly as a noun:

    The free edge of a flag.

  8. Fly as a noun:

    The horizontal length of a flag.

  9. Fly as a noun (weightlifting):

    An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.

  10. Fly as a noun:

    The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

  11. Fly as a noun (nautical):

    That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Totten"

  12. Fly as a noun:

    Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

  13. Fly as a noun:

    A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See flywheel.

  14. Fly as a noun (historical):

    A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.

  15. Fly as a noun:

    In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  16. Fly as a noun:

    The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

  17. Fly as a noun (weaving):

    A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Knight"

  18. Fly as a noun (printing, historical):

    The person who took the printed sheets from the press.

  19. Fly as a noun (printing, historical):

    A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.

  20. Fly as a noun:

    One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.

  21. Fly as a noun (cotton manufacture):

    waste cotton

  1. Fly as a verb (intransitive, baseball):

    To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

    Examples:

    "Jones flied to right in his last at-bat."

  1. Fly as an adjective (slang, dated):

    Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.

  2. Fly as an adjective (slang):

    Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.

    Examples:

    "He's pretty fly."

  3. Fly as an adjective (slang):

    Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

  4. Fly as an adjective (slang, chiefly, Doric):

    Sneaky

  1. Fly as a noun (rural, Scotland, Northern England):

    A wing.

    Examples:

    "The bullet barely grazed the wild fowl's fly."

  1. Skim as a verb (intransitive):

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

  2. Skim as a verb (transitive):

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

  3. Skim as a verb:

    To hasten along with superficial attention.

  4. Skim as a verb:

    To put on a finishing coat of plaster.

  5. Skim as a verb (transitive):

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

  6. Skim as a verb (intransitive):

    to ricochet

  7. Skim as a verb (transitive):

    to read quickly, skipping some detail

    Examples:

    "I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast."

  8. Skim as a verb (transitive):

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

  9. Skim as a verb (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.

    Examples:

    "to skim milk; to skim broth"

  10. Skim as a verb (transitive):

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

    Examples:

    "to skim cream"

  11. Skim as a verb:

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

  1. Skim as an adjective (of milk):

    Having lowered fat content.

  1. Skim as a noun:

    A cursory reading, skipping the details.

  2. Skim as a noun (informal):

    Skim milk.

  3. Skim as a noun:

    The act of skimming.

  4. Skim as a noun:

    That which is skimmed off.

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