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Textual thesaurus for "skim"

(adj) skimmed

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


(noun) skimming

reading or glancing through quickly


(verb) skim over

read superficially


(verb) skim over

move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of


(verb) skim off, cream, cream off

remove from the surface

skim cream from the surface of milk


(verb) skip, skitter

cause to skip over a surface

Skip a stone across the pond


(verb) plane

travel on the surface of water


(verb) glance over, rake, run down, scan

examine hastily

She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi