skimmed

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remove the top part v.
glide over quickly, lightly v.
look through cursorily v.

VERB

remove the top part

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glance graze shave

STRONG

brush cream dip ladle ream scoop separate top

WEAK

get the cream

Antonyms

WEAK

pour

VERB

glide over quickly, lightly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

carom dart graze ricochet skip skitter

STRONG

brush coast float fly kiss sail scud shoot skate soar trip

WEAK

skirr smooth along

Antonyms

STRONG

land walk

WEAK

pour

VERB

look through cursorily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

browse flip through glance leaf through scan skip thumb through

STRONG

dip examine read riff riffle

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

pour

Example Sentences

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skimmed

This was not money skimmed from a contract.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

Even the fanciest European supermarkets typically offered three types of milk: whole, semiskimmed and skimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

If it appeared on a menu, I skimmed past it.

From Salon ● Apr. 10, 2026

The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

Fadi skimmed over the page and saw that the results of the competition would be announced December first, and the awards ceremony would take place in San Francisco the following week or so.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai