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skim
verb as in remove the top part
verb as in glide over quickly, lightly
verb as in look through cursorily
Strongest matches
browse, flip through, glance, leaf through, scan, skip, thumb through
Example Sentences
The shimmering and pellucid choreographic poem presents its central woman as if arriving on a breeze by way of skimming steps on pointe and ultimately exiting as breezily as she arrived.
They’re skimmed over, but not in a manner that feels reluctant or incurious.
Each competitor is allowed three skims and stones must bounce at least twice on water before sinking.
"While you walk off to try another machine, the skimming device has already stolen your card details," Stapleton explains.
But that is still only skimming the surface.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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