Thesaurus / skim
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As 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 RUSSELLThe Gull flies beautifully, as if he knew his power, and loved to show how he can skim and dive through the air.
ON THE SEASHORER. CADWALLADER SMITHWORDS RELATED TO SKIM
- abridge
- abstract
- boil down
- cipher
- compile
- condense
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- digest
- encapsulate
- epitomize
- get to meat
- give main points
- inventory
- outline
- pare
- prune
- précis
- put in a nutshell
- recap
- recapitulate
- rehash
- retrograde
- review
- run down
- run through
- shorten
- skim
- snip
- sum
- sum up
- summate
- synopsize
- trim
- abridges
- abstracts
- boils down
- ciphers
- compiles
- condenses
- cuts
- cuts back
- cuts down
- digests
- encapsulates
- epitomizes
- gets to meat
- gives main points
- inventories
- outlines
- pares
- prunes
- précis
- puts in a nutshell
- recapitulates
- recaps
- rehashes
- retrogrades
- reviews
- runs down
- runs through
- shortens
- skims
- snips
- summates
- sums
- sums up
- synopsizes
- trims
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