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Defenition of the word skim

    • Defenition of the word skim

      • To examine hastily (e.g. a newspaper).
      • To travel on the surface of water.
      • To cause to skip over a surface (e.g. a stone).
      • To read superficially.
      • travel on the surface of water
      • examine hastily
      • coat with a layer; of liquids
      • 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"
      • reading or glancing through quickly
      • remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"
      • read superficially
      • cause to skip over a surface: "Skip a stone across the pond"
      • move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
      • a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
      • coat (a liquid) with a layer
      • cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
      • examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
      • a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
      • remove from the surface
      • cause to skip over a surface
      • used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed

    Synonyms for the word skim

      • browse
      • cream
      • cream off
      • float
      • fly
      • glance over
      • glide
      • plane
      • rake
      • read quickly
      • run down
      • scan
      • skim off
      • skim over
      • skimmed
      • skimming
      • skip
      • skitter
      • soar
      • speed read

    Similar words in the skim

      • cream off
      • fat-free
      • fatless
      • nonfat
      • skim
      • skim off
      • skimmed
      • skimming
      • skimming's
      • skimp
      • skimped
      • skimpier
      • skimpiest
      • skimpiness
      • skimpiness's
      • skimping
      • skimps
      • skimpy
      • skims

    Hyponyms for the word skim

      • aquaplane

    Hypernyms for the word skim

      • coat
      • cover
      • covering
      • examine
      • glide
      • natural covering
      • read
      • reading
      • remove
      • see
      • surface
      • take
      • take away
      • throw
      • touch
      • withdraw

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