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SKIMMING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of brushing against while passing

Synonyms:

grazing; shaving; skimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skimming" is a kind of...):

touch; touching (the act of putting two things together with no space between them)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Failure to declare income in order to avoid paying taxes on it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skimming" is a kind of...):

larceny; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving (the act of taking something from someone unlawfully)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of removing floating material from the surface of a liquid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skimming" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Derivation:

skim (remove from the surface)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Reading or glancing through quickly

Synonyms:

skim; skimming

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("skimming" is a kind of...):

reading (the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message)

Derivation:

skim (read superficially)

skim (examine hastily)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb skim

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