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skim
verb (MOVE ABOVE) /skɪm/ (-mm-)Definition
› [I or T] to move quickly just above a surface without touching it: The birds skimmed (across/along/over) the tops of the waves.Movement through the airAviationTravelling by aircraft › [T] UK (US skip) to throw a flat stone horizontally over water so that it touches and rises off the surface several times: We watched a child skimming stones across the lake.Movement through the airAviationTravelling by aircraft
(Definition of skim verb (MOVE ABOVE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- airborne adjective
- buzz verb (FLY LOW)
- flit verb
- float verb (MOVE)
- flown
- fly verb (TRAVEL)
- hover verb
- levitate verb
- lift noun (RAISE)
- soar verb (FLY)
- swish noun (MOVEMENT)
- swish verb
- swishy adjective (MOVING)
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- track noun (DIRECTION)
- waft verb
- wheel verb (FLY IN CIRCLES)
- wing noun (FOR FLYING)
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