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Synonyms of skim in English:

skim


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See Spanish definition of descremar

verb

1‘as the scum rises, skim it off’

SYNONYMS
remove, take off, scoop off, spoon off, ladle off
cream

2‘the boat skimmed over the waters of the loch’

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glide, move lightly, slide, sail, plane, scud, skate, float, coast
aquaplane, skid

3‘he bent to pick up a small pebble, skimming it across the water’

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throw, toss, fling, cast, pitch
bounce, skip

4‘she skimmed through the newspaper’

SYNONYMS
glance through, flick through, flip through, leaf through, thumb through, read quickly, scan, look through, have a quick look at, run one's eye over, dip into, browse through
ANTONYMS

pore over

5‘Hannah had skimmed over this part of the story as she told it to the policeman’

SYNONYMS
mention briefly, make only brief mention of, pass over quickly, skate over, gloss over
skip
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