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Meanings of skim over in English

Portuguese
superficialmente
Catalan
fullejar
Spanish
rozar

To read superficially.

        superficialmente
        Usage of skim over in English
        1
        Both skim over the sea, or the coast, looking for waste food.
        On the Seashore / Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VII
        2
        The halcyons skim over the water and are common every where.
        The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
        3
        I try to focus on the positives, but don't skim over the negatives.
        The Irish Times
        4
        But this would skim over the cause and effect of this performance and result.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Do not skim over the present too fast, through a constant habit of onward-looking.
        The Recreations of a Country Parson
        6
        They skim over a chapter at a time with very little thought or reflection.
        My First Voyage to Southern Seas
        7
        Two great sails, driven by a strong breeze, seemed to skim over the waves.
        Original Short Stories — Volume 01
        8
        And while my body moved forward, I let my thoughts skim over the bedraggled landscape.
        Another life altogether: a novel
        9
        We cannot go through all of them, so lets just skim over the main ones.
        The South African
        10
        Owls with great, round wings skim over the ground, invisible to any one standing upright.
        Invisible Links
        11
        If readers aren't interested they can skim over the unfamiliar terms and still understand the story.
        Wired
        12
        Usually we'd just skim over these challenges but producers have finally put some thought into it.
        News.com.au
        13
        A quick skim over the Wikipedia page on the ancient festival suggests that yes, we have.
        Independent.ie
        14
        He tries to skim over the exact timeline but no one's letting him off that easy.
        News.com.au
        15
        They seem to skim over the water, while our bluff-bowed craft shove their way through it.
        On the Irrawaddy: A Story of the First Burmese War
        16
        The whole fleet seemed to skim over the sea, though the "Two Marys" scarce moved.
        The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter
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        Translations for skim over
        Catalan
        fullejar
        Skim over through the time
        Skim over across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common