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Antonyms for skim
skɪmskim
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skimnoun
a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
"there was a thin skim of oil on the water"
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skimmingskim, skimmingadjective
reading or glancing through quickly
skim, skimmedverb
used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
"yogurt made with skim milk"; "she can drink skimmed milk but should avoid butter"
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skimmedplane, skimverb
travel on the surface of water
Synonyms:
plane, skim over, cream, cream off, skitter, rake, scan, shave, skip, run down, skim off, glance overskim over, skimverb
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
Synonyms:
plane, skim over, cream, cream off, skitter, run down, scan, skip, rake, skim off, glance overscan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb
examine hastily
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
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plane, run over, conk out, play out, scan, graze, sap, skim off, skitter, crease, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tireskim, skip, skitterverb
cause to skip over a surface
"Skip a stone across the pond"
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plane, skip over, bound off, hop, scurry, scan, decamp, skim over, vamoose, skim off, hop-skip, run down, cut, scuttle, glance over, pass over, skitter, cream, rake, cream off, skip, scamper, jumpskimverb
coat (a liquid) with a layer
Synonyms:
plane, skip, cream, cream off, skitter, run down, scan, rake, skim off, skim over, glance overskim, skim off, cream off, creamverb
remove from the surface
"skim cream from the surface of milk"
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bat, clobber, scan, thrash, skim over, skim off, run down, lick, glance over, plane, skitter, drub, cream, rake, cream off, skipskim, skim oververb
read superficially
Synonyms:
plane, skip, cream, cream off, skitter, run down, scan, rake, skim off, skim over, glance over
How to use skim in a sentence?
Things are seldom what they seem, skim milk masquerades as cream.
Just as the track of birds that cleave the air Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish That skim the water, so the course of those Who do good actions is not always seen.
Cereal is a delicious and nutritious breakfast, numerous studies show that a cereal breakfast is associated with lower BMIs (body mass index) in both children and adults. As a matter of fact, a serving of Frosted Flakes with skim milk has just 150 calories and delivers valuable nutrients including calcium, B vitamins and iron.
When I have coffee I can have regular milk not skim milk, they don’t’ want anything low-fat. Non-fat is like, not allowed.
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