Skim

/skɪm/

Synonyms for "skim" (253 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (51)

avalancheball the jackbarrelblinkboombowl alongbreezebreeze alongbrowsebrushbrush bycarefully ignorecaresscaromclipcoastcold shouldercold-shouldercome in contactcontact
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creamcut a cornercut alongcut cornersdapdartdip intododgedriftexamine cursorily

Strong matches (76)

Noun(34 words)
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leafleafsleast force readinglooklow fatmost fall engagement dipnonfatnonfat milkpagepage figurespage with numberspagespagingpeek
fleetflitfloatflowflyfly lowfootfudgeghostgive the once-overglanceglance atglance overglance throughglideglissadego fastgrazehighballhit
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hit the high spotsice skateice-skateimpingekissmake knotsnipnudgeosculateoutstrip the windpage throughpass overpass over lightly
Verb(9 words)

Related words (126)

plow the deeppour it onreadremovericochetrideride the seariproller skateroller-skaterubrunrun overrun throughsailsailingscampscanscorchscrape
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scratch the surfacescudseparateshaveshootsideslipsideswipesizzleskateskateboardskiskidskim overskim the surfaceskimpskipskip overskirtsledsleighslidderslideslide downslidingslightslipslip throughslitherslitheringslubber overslurslur oversoarspeedsqueak bystormstorm alongsweepsweepingtake offteartear alongthumb overthumb throughthunder alongtoboggantouchtouch lightlytouch upontouch upon lightlywalk the waterswhiskwhizzingzipzip throughzoom
Adjective(3 words)
quick sampleshallow graspskimmed
Noun(28 words)
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surface scratchessurface scratchingsurffishsurveytear throughthumbthumbingthumbs

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

38 entries
coatcovercoveringdairy productdairy product descriptordescriptive termexaminefat content descriptorfilmfood preparationglideinspectionlayerliquid processingloft

Showing 16 of 38 words.

More specific

18 entries
bird skimboat skimchapter skimcursory glancedust layerfat removalglanceglimpselowfat milknonfat milkoil filmpage skimpeekscum removalsection skimskim milk

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Collocations

11 entries
skim a paragraphskim coatskim for gistskim layerskim milkskim milk cartonskim milk powderskim readingskim surfaceskim the pageskim through

Inflections

5 entries
more skimmost skimskimmedskimmingskims

Derivations

2 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

16 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • обирам каймака verb (remove cream)

Catalan

1 entries
  • desnatar verb (remove cream)

Dutch

1 entries
  • afromen verb (remove cream)

Finnish

2 entries
  • kaapia verb (remove cream)
  • kuoria verb (remove cream)

French

1 entries
  • écrémer verb (remove cream)

Galician

1 entries
  • estonar verb (remove cream)

Hindi

1 entries
  • मलाई निकालना verb (remove cream)

Italian

2 entries
  • scremare verb (remove cream)
  • spannare verb (remove cream)

Norman

1 entries
  • êcrémer verb (remove cream)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desnatar verb (remove cream)

Russian

1 entries
  • снима́ть verb (remove cream)

Spanish

1 entries
  • desnatar verb (remove cream)

Swedish

1 entries
  • skumma verb (remove cream)

Walloon

1 entries
  • scramer verb (remove cream)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Skim through this pamphlet before you take the examination for our company.

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I'll try giving the book "Reiko's Recommended" a quick skim read on the spot.

Source: tatoeba (328061)

I'll have skim milk.

Source: tatoeba (901554)

Let the milk stand overnight and skim off the cream.

Source: tatoeba (3045739)

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