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Verb
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To touch, nudge or scrape lightly in passing
remove
cream
brush
graze
kiss
nudge
separate
shave
ladle
ream
scoop
top
scoop off
ladle off
spoon off
take off
get the cream
touch
scrape
caress
touch lightly
skip
sweep
stroke
glance
brush against
glance off
flick
contact
touch gently
skim over
tickle
come into contact with
dap
clip
carom
ricochet
break
rub lightly
rub
touch on
“Once boiling, skim off the fat and any scum from the surface.”
Verb
▲
Go or move quickly and lightly over or on a surface or through the air
glide
sail
coast
plane
scud
slide
brush
float
bowl
breeze
cruise
drift
flow
fly
roll
skate
slip
stream
sweep
whisk
aquaplane
dart
skid
move lightly
shoot
skirr
skitter
soar
trip
smooth along
jet
spew
discharge
squirt
teem
sloosh
exude
ooze
dribble
leak
emanate
pelt
erupt
swoosh
eject
expel
drip
seep
burst
spring
bucket down
rain cats and dogs
pump
swirl
disgorge
whirl
chuck it down
lash down
spray
disembogue
tumble
pour down
pelt down
deluge
ripple
proceed
overflow
belch
eruct
billow
gurgle
whip down
eddy
drizzle
bleed
percolate
drain
drop
churn
swell
splash
spin
swish
sputter
belch forth
fountain
fall
run out
blow
send forth
regurgitate
progress
boil
inundate
well up
crawl
spill out
well forth
escape
crowd
swarm
bucket
give off
spew out
throng
seethe
spit
blast
give out
flow out
twist
pour forth
wind
brim
creep
release
circulate
purl
tip
writhe
heave
babble
empty
lash
sheet
stir
excrete
snake
hie
drench
exhale
hurl
filter
well out
secrete
flush
vomit
leak out
wriggle
rain
seep out
ooze out
gush out
rain hard
throw off
belch out
teem down
come down in sheets
come down in torrents
come down in stair rods
egress
pile
gust
brim over
rise
steam
stem
spring up
break
fire
mill
puff
squall
spread
squeeze
splur
let off
mix
plunge
whiz
drain away
pitch
break out
flurry
decant
spurt out
sweat
leach
torrent
beat
gush forth
go soft
effuse
slosh
slop
drool
worm
osmose
distilUK
distillUS
dispense
rill
cataract
transfer
cast
circumfuse
glug
rain heavily
spit up
run off
leave dry
taper off
throw up
trill
filter off
weep
vent
trail
issue forth
throw out
let flow
fan
rupture
burst out
extravasate
be ejected
detonate
shoot out
irradiate
expire
radiate
touch off
cast out
give forth
go bang
spew forth
burst forth
go off
spit out
send out
expel air
puff out
breathe out
stroke
bubble
journey
wend
depart
transmit
churn out
submerge
drown
swamp
drag
rain stair rods
abound
go through
move onwards
pass through
blow past
ferment
pass by
push on
foam
effervesce
froth
run through
run by
fizz
twirl
pullulate
exudate
revolve
curl
shower
race
engulf
go along
undulate
rotate
gyrate
lap
swash
burble
swivel
pivot
coil
furl
precipitate
storm
lavish
turn
whorl
agitate
wheel
loop
corkscrew
overwhelm
gulf
submerse
sleet
heap
barrel
dash
sprinkle
patter
tip down
be deposited
come down
sheet down
deposit
be chucking it down
pepper
come down in bucketloads
be dropped
rain down
come down in buckets
tipple down
bombard
beat down
hail
swing
whirlpool
hasten
scoot
trot
hare
career
careen
rip
highball
rustle
hurtle
rocket
scurry
hustle
scuttle
step
zip
hump
zoom
douse
soak
froth up
jump
ram
belt
nip
bolt
blaze
twist and turn
sop
whelm
souse
wet
scamper
bundle
chase
gallop
bomb
buzz
bustle
cannonball
move apace
hotfoot it
crack on
more ❯
“We skim past Joe who's given up and is drinking a beer with Trin and Lucy on the seats.”
Verb
▲
To browse or peruse reading material
scan
thumb
flip
leaf
riffle
flick through
flip through
glance
leaf through
thumb through
examine
glance through
look through
read
read quickly
riff
speed-read
browse through
dip into
brush over
glance at
glance over
read swiftly
get the cream
give the once-over
run eye over
run your eye over
turn the pages
go once over lightly
have a quick look at
hit the high spots
observe
spot
behold
spy
witness
note
notice
perceive
mark
espy
peer at
descry
catch sight of
rubberneck
take a gander at
pay attention to
stare
ogle
sight
discern
distinguish
catch
take a shufti at
heed
case
mind
take note of
eagle-eye
look on
keep a weather eye on
watch like a hawk
gape
focus
gape at
beware
ogle at
take a look
focus on
take notice of
leer at
concentrate on
scope out
feast your eyes on
make eyes at
take a butcher's at
give the once over
monitor
gawk
glare
fix one's gaze
lay one's eyes on
have a squint
give someone a once-over
gawp
goggle
feast one's eyes
take a shufti
take a butcher's
look fixedly
discover
detect
surveil
reconnoitreUK
pick up on
keep a beady eye on
keep under observation
keep watch on
reconnoiterUS
spy on
keep a tab on
keep track of
keep under scrutiny
keep under surveillance
twig
keep tabs on
keep one's eye on
keep an eye on
get an eyeful of
see over
lay eyes on
spectate
be shown over
rubberneck at
gawp at
check something out
ponder
believe
assess
beam
dig
pipe
remark
canvass
slang
clap eyes on
have a dekko at
have a gander at
check over
have a look-see at
eagle eye
have a squint at
set eyes on
feast eyes on
more ❯
“She let her eyes skim the page, not really reading it, until she got to verse thirty-nine.”
Verb
▲
To rebound off something wildly and seemingly randomly
bounce
skip
carom
glance
rebound
ricochet
throw
toss
cast
fling
pitch
bounce back
graze
recoil
bump
strike
return
boomerang
resile
spring back
kick back
snap back
glance off
recover
rally
bob
scan
pick up
jounce
thump
jerk
jump
kick
spring
misfire
resound
rejuvenate
revive
recuperate
overcome
heal
come back
convalesce
mend
get well
get back
get better
start anew
jump back
pull through
get in shape
return to form
regain one's health
return to normal
get back on one's feet
more ❯
“Down at the water's edge I taught my daughters to skim stones.”
Verb
▲
To pass lightly
skip
mention briefly
gloss over
skate over
pass over quickly
make only brief mention of
“Blackden succeeds in sticking to his promise of covering the more interesting cases in detail rather than skimming over a lot of cases.”
Verb
▲
To take a brief or hurried look
browse
glint
peek
glimpse
dip
glance
scan
peruse
thumb
flip
leaf
survey
read
riffle
dip into
glance at
run through
leaf through
riff through
inspect loosely
check over
riffle through
skip through
flip through
thumb through wander
examine cursorily
once over lightly
get the cream
pass an eye over
read here and there
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move about or around quickly and randomly
flit
dart
flicker
flutter
flick
spring
caper
dance
skip
hop
dash
trip
flitter
flash
prance
bounce
fly
frisk
zip
gambol
scamper
flirt
run
scoot
play
cavort
bob
whisk
whiz
rush
speed
float
fleet
hover
hurry
swoop
pass
wing
sail
scud
sweep
beetle
dip
frolic
romp
rollick
curvet
sport
capriole
lollop
jig
lark
disport
cut capers
strut
revel
cut loose
sashay
swagger
vault
duck
jounce
flounce
pounce
stride
horse around
fool around
whoop it up
kick up one's heels
jerk
jog
hurdle
wobble
trot
weave
jiggle
stalk
toss
shake
swing
wiggle
mince
cut
kick up your heels
raise hell
carry on
go on a tear
let loose
waltz
startle
caracole
saltate
spin
rock
pogo
lop
twitch
roughhouse
horseplay
stroll
sally
breeze
mosey
jump up
whirl
sway
recreate
dally
toy
skylark
cut up
monkey around
go places and do things
cut a caper
kibitz around
roister
storm
tread lightly
run lightly
spring up and down
leap up and down
jump up and down
bob up and down
riot
let go
make merry
have fun
carouse
spree
drift
glide
stamp
stomp
blow the lid off
play around
sidestep
march
fling
swerve
body-swerve
plummet
nancy
stride angrily
swish
go quickly
zigzag
jink
slalom
juke
quiver
nose-dive
shift
veer
oscillate
jab
poke
nosedive
turn aside
dodge
shirk
skirt
parade
bobble
pump
nod
wag
seesaw
lurch
launch oneself
drive
set upon
attack
stab
grab
move suddenly
burst
make a grab
push
strike
hit
surge
swipe
fall upon
make for
bellyflop
belly flop
vanish
plumb
go down
free-fall
gutter
header
go headfirst
swank
joggle
waggle
jolt
showboat
peacock
quaver
move up and down
hoof it
cut a rug
show off
tread
cut the rug
foot it
more ❯
Verb
▲
Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind
scud
speed
fly
race
sail
shoot
sweep
streak
zoom
blast
buzz
career
flash
hare
hurry
rush
whip
whizz
whoosh
belt
flit
hasten
kite
scurry
scutter
skite
tear
wing
zip
bomb
boogie
bucket
hightail
scoot
scorch
shift
zap
blow
clip
dart
gust
run
wind
cut along
bowl along
go like lightning
go like the clappers
stampede
lay rubber
whiz
get cracking
rattle along
go like the wind
dive
plunge
spring
jog
hotfoot
hurry up
make tracks
shake a leg
push
speed up
burn
expedite
double
vroom
trip
go quickly
boil
hop it
accelerate
dispatch
roll
move quickly
get your skates on
lope
jogtrot
dogtrot
lunge
skitter
go
skirr
tool
be quick
pace
lash
press on
smoke
move
beeline
spur
bullet
quicken
get moving
surge
fast-track
press
make time
move fast
beat it
go like a bullet
whip along
step on gas
move along
cover ground
ploughUK
storm
cannon
crack
whistle
crash
amble
canter
waltz
launch oneself
throw oneself
go headlong
flutter
pass
ride
proceed
rush at
collide
bump
push on
tear out
make it snappy
get on it
pivot
avert
seize
sheer
plowUS
pass by
move forward
move rapidly
go by
break
make a run for it
gather momentum
belt along
rush headlong
slip away
bomb along
express
leap
flee
move like greased lightning
whish
burst
bestir
sally
put foot
outstrip
gear up
bowl over
go all out
traverse
dig in
get a wiggle on
skedaddle
turn on steam
make short work of
be off like a shot
book it
chuck it down
leave
scat
vamoose
split
tear along
roll along
whip around
waste no time
not lose a minute
take wing
go at top speed
clear out
go away
run very fast
make yourself scarce
put on a burst of speed
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dishonestly take something for one's own use
misappropriate
steal
pilfer
purloin
swipe
expropriate
filch
heist
lift
nick
pinch
pocket
rob
snitch
thieve
annexeUK
annexUS
appropriate
embezzle
hook
snare
nip
pluck
plunder
swindle
take
whip
boost
cabbage
defalcate
palm
requisition
scrounge
snatch
trouser
bone
borrow
cop
peculate
rifle
abscond with
knock off
rip off
run off with
walk off with
half-inch
make off with
help oneself to
make away with
siphon off
help yourself
steal from
ransack
knock over
take off
sack
despoil
relieve
gut
strip
stick up
bereave
ravage
spoil
devastate
reave
clean out
turn over
hold up
hijack
pickpocket
lose
drain
disinherit
abscond
withhold
con
strong-arm
oust
take from
make a raid on
rip-off
thieve from
maraud
vandalizeUS
depredate
fleece
spoliate
smash and grab
do over
moonlight requisition
grab
vandaliseUK
loft
lay waste to
tip over
salvage
clear out
make
wreak havoc on
empty
deprive
do
clear
divest
abate
stiff
mug
steam
lay bare
denude
rid
husk
uncover
take away
tear
hull
shed
bare
doff
shuck
displace
scale
excorticate
expose
slip out of
withdraw
break into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To apply a surface or layer to something
resurface
coat
cover
overlay
surface
layer
veneer
face
pave
glaze
blanket
overspread
overlie
carpet
eclipse
mantle
sheet
film
canopy
submerge
extend over
Verb
▲
To read quickly, skipping some detail
skim-read
Verb
▲
Cut outer covering off
shave
trim
crop
cut
barber
graze
kiss
pare
shear
snip
bob
brush
clip
dock
nip
nudge
plane
poll
prune
scrape
cut off
lop
remove
take
tonsure
touch
whittle
brush past
cut back
decorticate
lop off
peel
shingle
skin
slash
sliver
strip
glance off
snip off
cut down
make bare
slice thin
mow
hack
even up
whittle down
slice off
nip off
clip off
trim off
reduce
fleece
cut short
skive
hew
disengage
cut shorter
make shorter
cut into a bob
more ❯
Verb
▲
To touch or stroke gently or lovingly
caress
fondle
pet
stroke
pat
cuddle
embrace
brush
hug
nuzzle
touch
gentle
love
neck
buss
clinch
clutch
coddle
cosset
dandle
feel
graze
handle
hold
massage
mug
nestle
rub
soothe
squeeze
toy
bear hug
make love
play around
touch lovingly
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prepare a summary of something
summariseUK
summarizeUS
encapsulate
epitomiseUK
epitomizeUS
outline
recap
recapitulate
abridge
abstract
condense
digest
review
sum up
synopsize
brief
precis
reprise
sketch
cypherUK
cipherUS
compile
cut
inventory
pare
précis
prune
rehash
retrograde
shorten
snip
sum
summate
trim
boil down
put in a nutshell
wrap up
cut back
cut down
give an outline of
give a rundown of
give a summary of
go over
make a summary of
run down
run through
get to meat
give an abstract of
give a precis of
give a synopsis of
give main points
give the main points of
give the gist of
restate
reiterate
repeat
examine
describe
delineate
draftUS
indicate
characterizeUS
recount
adumbrate
draughtUK
characteriseUK
capsulize
run over
touch on
estimate
conclude
close
total
paraphrase
rephrase
replay
list
enumerate
reword
lay out
tell about
state again
skeletonize
make an outline of
skeleton
give a rough idea of
give a quick rundown on
give a rough idea
run through again
size up
give a thumbnail sketch of
go over again
go over same ground
go the same round
get the measure of
give a summing-up
review the evidence
summarize the argument
summarize the evidence
rip
judge
zap
rave
evaluate
study
slam
assess
discuss
correct
bad-mouth
pan
trash
revise
inspect
weigh
knock
reedit
write a critique
take down
read through
swipe at
skin alive
put down
give one's opinion
more ❯
Verb
▲
Light touch
flick
strike
tap
flip
hit
jab
touch
dab
rap
stroke
brush
fillip
flicker
glance
graze
pat
peck
ping
snap
tip
whisk
remove quickly
light touch
touch lightly
nudge
kiss
lob
hit lightly
strike lightly
sweep
knock
drum
bang
beat
thump
tag
bob
slap lightly
palpate
percuss
thud
more ❯
Verb
▲
To detach or separate two items or objects from each other
remove
detach
disengage
part
separate
sever
split
undo
unfasten
disconnect
free
uncouple
unhitch
unyoke
unfix
pull out
take off
take out
loosen
disjoin
divide
isolate
disentangle
release
decouple
loose
extricate
disunite
extract
segregate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove or take away from
deprive
strip
bereave
divest
dispossess
abate
deny
relieve
rob
despoil
expropriate
bankrupt
bare
denude
disinherit
dismantle
disrobe
dock
impoverish
lose
remove
rob of
seize
stiff
withdraw
wrest
cheat out of
trick out of
diddle out of
do out of
hold back
prevent from having
prevent from using
take away
oust
reave
starve
sadden
leave
appropriate
put out
throw into the street
Noun
▲
A thin outer layer
coating
coat
covering
dusting
film
finish
glaze
lamination
layer
sheet
skin
varnish
veneer
plating
blanket
crust
daub
mantle
membrane
overlay
patina
smear
topping
wash
cladding
deposit
facing
thickness
undercoat
encrustation
lusterUS
lustreUK
scale
cake
shell
outside
peel
facade
façade
exterior
enamel
polish
face
external surface
outer surface
paint
icing
pebbledash
frosting
case
top
plate
aspect
superficies
exteriority
rendering
externals
husk
external
outward aspect
outside surface
top layer
stratum
bed
siding
scab
band
shellac
facet
gilding
silver-plating
incrustation
hull
ply
externality
periphery
side
front
hide
outside area
garnish
stain
electroplating
scurf
decoration
japan
plaque
outer layer
lamella
shine
seam
jacket
wrapper
wax
cortex
shuck
appearance
envelope
plaster coating
tartar
resin
accumulation
expanse
plasterwork
washing
mass
slip
vein
limescale
stratification
calculus
residue
level
tier
bast
cork
epicarp
tint
topcoat
glint
seal
sheen
topside
frontage
elevation
thin covering
pod
capsule
zest
slab
panel
stripe
overlap
substratum
row
floor
concretion
caking
pelt
fell
vellum
parchment
dermis
derma
sheathing
epidermis
slough
cutis
fur
blade
tegument
carapace
suffusion
outer side
cloisonné
peeling
exocarp
pericarp
revetment
curtain
wrapping
colouringUK
coloringUS
swab
texture
grain
coverture
penumbra
hood
mat
fronting
verge
edge
bloom
border
dressing
stucco
inlay
paving
fleece
robe
wraps
sleeve
culture
cover-up
decorative layer
wrap
burnish
smoothness
outward appearance
superstratum
protective layer
bag
enclosure
packet
pocket
container
vesicle
pouch
receptacle
box
refinement
quality
grace
beauty
sophistication
cultivation
lac
perfecting
elaboration
oil
gilt
perfection
sauce
meringue
plunge
shiny surface
more ❯
Noun
▲
An instance of scanning
scan
glance
look
browse
flick
squint
butcher's
dekko
shufti
once-over
perusal
brief look
examination
inspection
scrutiny
review
study
read
leaf
reading
look through
flick through
check
scanning
survey
riffle
read-through
browse through
glance through
leaf through
glimpse
peek
peep
gander
sight
geek
squiz
eyeful
recce
eyeball
Jack Nohi
peer
cast
eye
keek
regard
gink
swivel
fleeting look
slant
lamp
gaze
stare
glare
ogle
gape
surveillance
reconnaissance
glower
flash
visual examination
more ❯
Noun
▲
A gentle or loving touch
caress
pat
stroke
fondling
kiss
cuddle
embrace
hug
touch
fondle
nuzzle
stroking
touching
nuzzling
endearment
feel
pet
petting
snuggle
squeeze
loving touch
rub
hold
clutch
grope
clasp
clinch
bear hug
rub-down
kneading
more ❯
Noun
▲
A light and fleeting touch
brush
graze
stroke
contact
glance
touch
nudge
pat
rub
shave
swipe
kiss
caress
scrape
light touch
light
gentle touch
tap
press
prod
poke
hold
pressure
push
flick
touching
taction
contingence
blow
physical contact
elbow
shove
bump
jab
dig
jolt
butt
dig in the ribs
jostle
smack
thrust
hit
knock
punch
strike
shoulder
thump
bash
thwack
jar
ram
dab
whack
stab
jog
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Noun
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Liquid produced by mammals
milk
buttermilk
chalk
condensed
cream
evaporated
formula
goat
half-and-half
homogenisedUK
homogenizedUS
laiche
pasteurisedUK
pasteurizedUS
powdered
raw
two-percent
whole
chocolate milk
moo juice
cow juice
Noun
▲
The best or most desirable among a category, kind or class
cream
best
elite
choice
flower
A-list
finest
top
choicest
elect
pick
prime
prize
aristocracy
fat
gem
illuminati
jewel
pearl
pink
pride
priesthood
royalty
treasure
crème de la crème
first class
nonpareil
tops
corps d'elite
favouriteUK
favoriteUS
upper crust
jewel in the crown
pick of the bunch
the crème de la crème
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Adverb
▲
In a superficial manner
superficially
apparently
externally
ostensibly
outwardly
seemingly
at first glance
carelessly
casually
extraneously
flimsily
frivolously
hastily
ignorantly
on the surface
partially
trivially
visibly
at face value
to the casual eye
not profoundly
not thoroughly
to all appearances
once over lightly
on the face of it
to all intents and purposes
evidently
clearly
exteriorly
from appearances
more ❯
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