Thesaurus / skim
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synonyms for skim
- carom
- dart
- graze
- ricochet
- skip
- skitter
- brush
- coast
- float
- fly
- kiss
- sail
- scud
- shoot
- skate
- soar
- trip
- skirr
- smooth along
- browse
- flip through
- glance
- leaf through
- scan
- skip
- thumb through
- dip
- examine
- read
- riff
- riffle
- brush over
- get the cream
- give the once-over
- glance over
- go once over lightly
- hit the high spots
- read swiftly
- run eye over
- turn the pages
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Manufacturers usually include cleaning tips and methods in that little paper booklet, and giving it a quick skim could help you avoid trashing the warranty.
HOW TO CLEAN A TV SCREENJOHN KENNEDYFEBRUARY 15, 2022POPULAR-SCIENCEAs a result, the brain might slip into skim mode when you’re reading on a screen.
WILL YOU LEARN BETTER FROM READING ON SCREEN OR ON PAPER?AVERY ELIZABETH HURTOCTOBER 18, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSAll summer we have had three calves that came to the orchard fence twice a day to get their ration of skim milk and feeding flour.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURWhen the birds are done, skim off all grease, add the juice of a lemon, and serve hot.
DRESSED GAME AND POULTRY LA MODEHARRIET A. DE SALISYou don't suppose, do you, I've had time since Tuesday to read all this through and skim off the cream?'
WANDERING HEATHSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCHIn our own little book we have been compelled to skim lightly, and, in many places, to pass over subjects of great interest.
THE OCEAN AND ITS WONDERSR.M. BALLANTYNENow, I have made a calculation, and I am satisfied that Mrs. Skim can not possibly make much profit out of me.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSI could get a variety of delicacies for breakfast at the Clarendon, that are out of the question at Mrs. Skim's.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSNow, sleep at the Clarendon is an expensive article; whereas, sleep at Mrs. Skim's, is decidedly cheap.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUSHere lay a broken spar half buried in the sand, part of the complex fabric that once enabled some fair ship to skim the waves.
WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDSJOHN RUSSELLWORDS RELATED TO SKIM
- check over
- dip into
- examine cursorily
- feed
- flip through
- get the cream
- give the once-over
- glance at
- graze
- hit the high spots
- inspect loosely
- leaf through
- nibble
- once over lightly
- pass an eye over
- peruse
- read
- read here and there
- riff through
- riffle through
- run through
- scan
- skim
- skip through
- survey
- thumb through wander
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