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skim (SKIM) (verb)
1. To remove a layer of something from the surface of a liquid: "The cook wanted to skim the fat from the broth."
2. To look over or to read something quickly; especially, to find the main ideas: "She only had time to skim the reading assignment before the class started."
3. To move quickly or lightly along, above, or near the surface of something: "It was interesting to see the ducks skim over the lake before landing in the water."
2. To look over or to read something quickly; especially, to find the main ideas: "She only had time to skim the reading assignment before the class started."
3. To move quickly or lightly along, above, or near the surface of something: "It was interesting to see the ducks skim over the lake before landing in the water."
skimp (SKIMP) (verb)
To spend less time, money, etc., on something that is needed; to provide for or to supply inadequately; to be stingy with: "When it comes to their child's safety, parents should not skimp."
"For the sake of our health, we should not skimp on sleep."
"His written instructions certainly don't skimp on details."
skin (SKIN) (noun)
1. The natural outer layer of tissue that covers the body of a person or an animal: "She had to be careful not to let the sun burn her skin."
2. The outer cover of a fruit, vegetable, etc.: "He was told that potato skin is nutritious."
2. The outer cover of a fruit, vegetable, etc.: "He was told that potato skin is nutritious."
skin (SKIN) (verb)
Informal, to skin someone alive; that is, to punish someone severely: "His mother is going to skin him alive when she finds out about the window that he broke while playing baseball in the front yard."
Don't skimp on your efforts to skim the fat from a cooled soup base that was made from boiling the skin, the flesh, and the bones of a chicken; as well as, from vegetables.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“skim”
skim (verb), skims; skimmed; skimming
1. To take away a layer of something from the surface of some kind of liquid: Trudy, the cook, was skimming the fat from the chicken broth.
2. To take a quick look at or to read something quickly in order to get the main ideas: Glen skimmed his assigned reading so he could at least have some idea of what the story was about.
3. To throw a stone in such a manner that is skips over the surface of water before sinking: James was skimming stones across the quiet lake very skillfully.
2. To take a quick look at or to read something quickly in order to get the main ideas: Glen skimmed his assigned reading so he could at least have some idea of what the story was about.
3. To throw a stone in such a manner that is skips over the surface of water before sinking: James was skimming stones across the quiet lake very skillfully.
The use of "skimming stones" is mostly British; while in the U.S. the term "skipping stones" is used for such actions.
4. That which moves lightly, or quickly, near or above the surface of something: The farmer could see the ducks skimming just above the water before they actually settled on the surface of the lake.
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English Words in Action, Group S
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