Synonyms for skimming
ˈskɪm ɪŋskim·ming

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1. skimmingnoun

   the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid

   Synonyms:
   skim, shaving, grazing

2. skim, skimmingnoun

   reading or glancing through quickly

   Synonyms:
   grazing, skim, shaving

3. skimmingnoun

   failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

   Synonyms:
   skim, shaving, grazing

4. grazing, shaving, skimmingnoun

   the act of brushing against while passing

   Synonyms:
   shaving, paring, graze, shave, grazing, skim, sliver

Matched Categories

1. • Larceny
   • Reading
   • Removal
   • Touch

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1. Professor Parker-Pearson:

   We don't make that many fantastic discoveries in a lifetime of archeology but this is certainly one them, this is the first time we've found empirical evidence of how they moved the stones. There have been all sorts of ideas from rolling them in a strange cart-like construction to skimming them across the ice.

2. Arthur Balfour:

   He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.

3. Kosuke Shiramizu:

   We have too many middlemen skimming off, getting rid of those middlemen is the shortest cut to cost savings.