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skim v. 1 Often, skim off. separate, cream, scoop or ladle off, take
off, remove: After the water has come to a boil, skim off the
scum that has collected on top. 2 Often, skim through or over.
scan, flip or thumb or leaf through, skip through, glance at or
through, dip into: I only had time to skim through your report,
but at a glance it looks good. 3 soar, glide, skate, slide,
sail, fly: Along came Calabro on his sailboard, skimming along
the tops of the waves.
skin n. 1 epidermis, derma, integument, hide, pelt, fleece, fell:
Her skin reddens in the sun. How many skins are needed to make a
coat? 2 coat, film, coating, crust, incrustation, husk, peel,
rind, outside, shell, pellicle, veneer, outer layer, lamina,
overlay: The frame is first covered with a tough plastic skin
to make it waterproof.
--v. 3 flay, strip, decorticate, excoriate: I shall skin that
boy alive if I catch him! 4 peel, hull, husk, shell: This
machine skins the fruit automatically. 5 abrade, scrape, graze,
bark: She skinned her knee on the edge of the coffee table.
skin-deep adj. superficial, shallow, surface, slight, external,
unimportant, trivial, unprofound, insubstantial: The impression
he makes on people is only skin-deep.
skinny adj. thin, underweight, gaunt, bony, scraggy, lank, lanky,
gangly, gangling, raw-boned, meagre, spare, emaciated,
half-starved, undernourished, spare, pinched, hollow-cheeked,
wasted, shrunken: Two skinny children were clinging to their
mother's skirts.
skip v. 1 leap, cavort, caper, gambol, frisk, prance, jump, hop,
romp, bound, dance: Eleanor came skipping down the walk to the
house. 2 omit, leave out, pass by, overlook, pass over, avoid,
ignore, disregard, steer clear of, cut: In my haste, I skipped
over your name. Please skip the reading of the roll today.
--n. 3 leap, cavort, caper, gambol, frisk, prance, jump, bound,
dance, hop, romp: He had a curious way of walking, giving a
little skip before each step. 4 lacuna, gap, omission,
avoidance, disregard; miss, Colloq go-by: There was a skip of
32 pages after page 64. If you take my advice, you will give
that restaurant a skip.