skim
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid
there was a thin skim of oil on the water
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
travel on the surface of water
Types & categories
Sense 3 adjective
used of milk and milk products from which the cream has been removed
yogurt made with skim milk
Related & opposite
- nonfat similar to
Sense 4 noun
reading or glancing through quickly
Types & categories
- reading hypernym
Related & opposite
- skim over derivation
- glance over derivation
Sense 5 verb
move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of
Types & categories
- touch hypernym
Sense 6 verb
examine hastily
She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
Types & categories
- examine hypernym
Related & opposite
- skimming derivation
Sense 7 verb
cause to skip over a surface
Skip a stone across the pond
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Sense 8 verb
coat (a liquid) with a layer
Types & categories
- coat hypernym
Related & opposite
- skim derivation
Sense 9 verb
remove from the surface
skim cream from the surface of milk
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 10 verb
read superficially
Types & categories
- read hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream off |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | glide |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aquaplane |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | aquaplane |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonfat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim over |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | glance over |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reading |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | examine |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | coat |
| 9 | also see | Related & opposite | cream off |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimmer |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimming |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | skimmer |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | read |