ski | (verb) move along on skis | - |
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skid | (verb) move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: slew, slide, slip, slue |
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(verb) apply a brake or skid to | - |
(verb) elevate onto skids | - |
(verb) slide without control | - |
skim | (verb) read superficially | Synonyms: skim over |
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(verb) move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | Synonyms: skim over |
(verb) remove from the surface | Synonyms: cream, cream off, skim off |
(verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skip, skitter |
(verb) coat (a liquid) with a layer | - |
(verb) travel on the surface of water | Synonyms: plane |
(verb) examine hastily | Synonyms: glance over, rake, run down, scan |
skimcoat | (verb) coat with a mixture of gypsum and spackle | - |
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skimp | (verb) subsist on a meager allowance | Synonyms: scrimp, stint |
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(verb) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | Synonyms: scant, stint |
(verb) work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially | Synonyms: scant |
(verb) limit in quality or quantity | Synonyms: scant |
skin | (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: pare, peel |
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(verb) remove the bark of a tree | Synonyms: bark |
(verb) bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of | Synonyms: scrape |
(verb) climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling | Synonyms: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, sputter, struggle |
skip | (verb) bypass | Synonyms: jump, pass over, skip over |
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(verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skitter |
(verb) jump lightly | Synonyms: hop-skip, hop |
(verb) leave suddenly | Synonyms: decamp, vamoose |
(verb) bound off one point after another | Synonyms: bound off |
(verb) intentionally fail to attend | Synonyms: cut |
skipper | (verb) work as the skipper on a vessel | - |
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skirl | (verb) play the bagpipes | - |
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(verb) make a shrill, wailing sound | - |
skirmish | (verb) engage in a skirmish | - |
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skirt | (verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) | Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep |
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(verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, ring, surround |
(verb) pass around or about; move along the border | - |
(verb) form the edge of | - |
skitter | (verb) twitch the hook of a fishing line through or along the surface of water | - |
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(verb) cause to skip over a surface | Synonyms: skim, skip |
(verb) to move about or proceed hurriedly | Synonyms: scamper, scurry, scuttle |
(verb) glide easily along a surface | - |
skittle | (verb) play skittles | - |
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skive | (verb) remove the surface of | - |
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