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Verb
To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
“Once boiling, skim off the fat and any scum from the surface.”
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Go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air
“We skim past Joe who's given up and is drinking a beer with Trin and Lucy on the seats.”
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To turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
“She let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.”
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To strike and fly off at an angle
“Down at the water's edge I taught my daughters to skim stones.”
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To pass lightly
“Blackden succeeds in sticking to his promise of covering the more interesting cases in detail rather than skimming over a lot of cases.”
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To take a quick or hasty look
“… he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing.”
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