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skimmed

verb as in remove the top part

verb as in glide over quickly, lightly

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Example Sentences

And I whipped off my straw hat and skimmed it across the room and it sailed right out the window and has never been seen since.

A good portion of Louisiana law enforcement is financed with dollars legally skimmed off the top of prison operations.

I had seen the term listed in pregnancy books, but skimmed over it.

When the Concordia skimmed the rocky reef Friday, lodging a giant boulder into her hull, Schettino made his second mistake.

Usually a diligent observer, nonetheless Winslow skimmed over the episode in two sentences.

As though shot out of some huge cannon the aero-iceboat skimmed the lake.

A shower had just skimmed by, but now the sun shone brightly, and the air smelt of the pines and the grass.

If only one has been infused, and the rennet is intended for immediate use, the infusion requires only to be skimmed and strained.

During the summer it is constantly skimmed, and fresh salt added from time to time.

Where there were humps he cut fairly deep, and where there were depressions he skimmed lightly.

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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to skimmed, such as: shave, glance, graze, ream, ladle, and top.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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