Word: skimming
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ski
mming
Definition: The sport of skimboarding; a boardsport in which a skimboard (much like a surfboard but smaller and without fins) is used to glide across the water's surface to meet an incoming breaking wave, and ride it back to shore
Morphemes:
Affix: skim
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The act of skimming; cause to skip over a surface
Etymology Compounds: Affix: escumer
Language: fro
Decoded: escumer
Meaning: to remove scum
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.