| skim | (adjective) used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed | Synonyms: skimmed |
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| (noun) reading or glancing through quickly | Synonyms: skimming |
| (noun) a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid | - |
| (verb) read superficially | Synonyms: skim over |
| (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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| skimmed | (adjective) used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed | Synonyms: skim |
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| skimmer | (noun) gull-like seabird that flies along the surface of the water with an elongated lower mandible immersed to skim out food | - |
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| (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: boater, leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, straw hat |
| (noun) a cooking utensil used to skim fat from the surface of liquids | - |
| (noun) a rapid superficial reader | - |
| skimming | (noun) the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid | - |
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| (noun) failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it | - |
| (noun) the act of brushing against while passing | Synonyms: grazing, shaving |
| (noun) reading or glancing through quickly | Synonyms: skim |
| 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 |
| skimpily | (adverb) in a skimpy manner | Synonyms: scantily |
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| skimpiness | (noun) Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing. | Synonyms: scantiness |
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| skimpy | (adjective) containing little excess | Synonyms: lean |
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| (adjective) (of clothing) revealing the body | Synonyms: scanty |