skimming
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid
Types & categories
- removal hypernym
Related & opposite
- cream off derivation
Sense 2 noun
reading or glancing through quickly
Types & categories
- reading hypernym
Related & opposite
- skim over derivation
- glance over derivation
Sense 3 noun
failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it
Types & categories
- larceny hypernym
Sense 4 noun
the act of brushing against while passing
Types & categories
- touching hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cream off |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | removal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | skim over |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glance over |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | reading |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | larceny |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crease |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shave |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | graze |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | touching |