| peruse | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. peruse | examine or consider with attention and in detail.; "Please peruse this report at your leisure" |
| ~ examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect.; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" |
| ~ leaf, riff, flick, riffle, thumb, flip | look through a book or other written material.; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" |
| skim | | |
| n. (object) | 1. skim | a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid.; "there was a thin skim of oil on the water" |
| ~ covering, natural covering, cover | a natural object that covers or envelops.; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" |
| n. (communication) | 2. skim, skimming | reading or glancing through quickly. |
| ~ reading | the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" |
| v. (motion) | 3. plane, skim | travel on the surface of water. |
| ~ glide | move smoothly and effortlessly. |
| ~ aquaplane | ride on an aquaplane. |
| ~ aquaplane | rise up onto a thin film of water between the tires and road so that there is no more contact with the road.; "the car aquaplaned" |
| v. (contact) | 4. skim, skim over | move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of. |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (perception) | 5. glance over, rake, run down, scan, skim | examine hastily.; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" |
| ~ examine, see | observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect.; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country" |
| v. (contact) | 6. skim, skip, skitter | cause to skip over a surface.; "Skip a stone across the pond" |
| ~ throw | propel through the air.; "throw a frisbee" |
| v. (contact) | 7. skim | coat (a liquid) with a layer. |
| ~ coat, surface | put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface.; "coat the cake with chocolate" |
| v. (contact) | 8. cream, cream off, skim, skim off | remove from the surface.; "skim cream from the surface of milk" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. skim, skim over | read superficially. |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| adj. | 10. skim, skimmed | 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" |
| ~ fat-free, fatless, nonfat | without fat or fat solids.; "nonfat or fat-free milk" |
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