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skim: reading or glancing through quickly; a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water"; 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"; read superficially; remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of milk"; coat (a liquid) with a layer; cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"

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scratch the surface collapse

skip over collapse

cut corners collapse: do something the cheapest or easiest way; "Cut corners to make a cheaper product"

cold shoulder collapse

skimp collapse: work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially

hit the high spots collapse

thumb through collapse

dip into collapse: read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

glance at collapse

slur over collapse

scamp collapse: perform hastily and carelessly

touch upon collapse

blink collapse: a reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly; briefly shut the eyes; "The TV announcer never seems to blink"

squeak by collapse: escape; "She squeaked by me"

ice skate collapse: skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole; move along on ice skates

roller skate collapse: a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole; travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around"

sleigh collapse

osculate collapse: have at least three points in common with; "one curve osculates the other"; "these two surfaces osculate"; be intermediate between two taxonomic groups; "These species osculate"

skateboard collapse: a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot; ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

ski collapse: narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow; move along on skis; "We love to ski the Rockies"; "My children don't ski"

glissade collapse: (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet; perform a glissade, in ballet

dairy products collapse

margarine collapse: a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter

oleo collapse

ball the jack collapse

scan collapse: the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"; an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"; read metrically; "scan verses"; make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"; move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image; examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"; examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"; conform to a metrical pattern

browse collapse: the act of feeding by continual nibbling; reading superficially or at random; eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing"; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web"

skate collapse: large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins; sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs; move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"

slithering collapse

ricochet collapse: a glancing rebound

sliding collapse: being a smooth continuous motion

slur collapse: (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato; utter indistinctly; speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur; "your comments are slurring your co-workers"; play smoothly or legato; "the pianist slurred the most beautiful passage in the sonata"

whey collapse: watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some curds and whey"; the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the curd in making cheese

sled collapse: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow; ride (on) a sled

pour it on collapse

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

skid collapse: an unexpected slide; one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects; move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"; slide without control; "the car skidded in the curve on the wet road"; apply a brake or skid to; elevate onto skids

highball collapse: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

yogurt collapse: a custard-like food made from curdled milk

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