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skimmed
[skim] 
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skim
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove the top part |
| Synonyms: | brush, cream, dip, get the cream, glance, graze, ladle, ream, scoop, separate, shave, top |
| Notes: | peruse means examine or consider with attention and in detail; skim means examine hastily |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | skim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look through cursorily |
| Synonyms: | browse, brush over, dip, examine, flip through, get the cream, give the once-over, glance, glance over, go once over lightly, hit the high spots, leaf through, read, read swiftly, riff, riffle, run eye over, scan, skip, thumb through, turn the pages |
| Antonyms: | pour |
| Main Entry: | breeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work quickly through task |
| Synonyms: | cruise, flit, glide, hurry, move, pass, sail, sally, skim, slide, slip, sweep, trip, waltz, zip |
| Main Entry: | browse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look around; look through |
| Synonyms: | check over, dip into, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, graze, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly, pass an eye over, peruse, read, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, run through, scan, skim, skip through, survey, thumb through wander |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch lightly |
| Synonyms: | caress, contact, flick, glance, graze, kiss, scrape, shave, skim, smooth, stroke, sweep, tickle |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz |
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | dip into |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try, sample |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, browse, dabble, flip through, get, glance at, glance over, leaf through, peruse, play at, rifle through, run over, run through, scan, seize, skim, take, taste, thumb through |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move aimlessly |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, aim, amass, amble, be carried along, coast, dance, draw near, flicker, flit, flitter, float, flow, flutter, gad, gallivant*, gather, go with the tide, go-that-a-way, gravitate, hover, kick around, linger, malinger, meander, mosey, muck, ride, sail, saunter, scud, skim, slide, stray, stroll, tend, waft, wander, wash* |
| Antonyms: | decide, direct, guide, set |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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