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Noun
S:
(n)
skimming
(the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid)
S:
(n)
skim
,
skimming
(reading or glancing through quickly)
S:
(n)
skimming
(failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it)
S:
(n)
grazing
,
shaving
,
skimming
(the act of brushing against while passing)
Verb
S:
(v)
plane
,
skim
(travel on the surface of water)
direct troponym
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full troponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(v)
glide
(move smoothly and effortlessly)
S:
(v)
skid
,
slip
,
slue
,
slew
,
slide
(move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner)
"the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"
S:
(v)
coast
(move effortlessly; by force of gravity)
S:
(v)
skitter
(glide easily along a surface)
S:
(v)
snake
(move smoothly and sinuously, like a snake)
S:
(v)
skate
(move along on skates)
"The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
S:
(v)
plane
,
skim
(travel on the surface of water)
S:
(v)
surfboard
,
surf
(ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard)
"Californians love to surf"
S:
(v)
body-surf
(ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard)
S:
(v)
snowboard
(glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board)
"The children love to snowboard in winter"
sentence frame
S:
(v)
skim over
,
skim
(move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of)
S:
(v)
scan
,
skim
,
rake
,
glance over
,
run down
(examine hastily)
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
S:
(v)
skim
,
skip
,
skitter
(cause to skip over a surface)
"Skip a stone across the pond"
S:
(v)
skim
(coat (a liquid) with a layer)
S:
(v)
skim
,
skim off
,
cream off
,
cream
(remove from the surface)
"skim cream from the surface of milk"
S:
(v)
skim
,
skim over
(read superficially)