Meanings
verbskim through (third-person singular simple present skims through, present participle skimming through, simple past and past participle skimmed through)
present singular third person skims through · participle present skimming through · participle past skimmed through · past skimmed through
- to go through something hastily
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish silmäillä läpi
- silmäillä läpito read something hurriedly without being attached to details
French survoler, lire en diagonale
- survolerto read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- lire en diagonaleto read something hurriedly without being attached to details
German querlesen
- querlesento read something hurriedly without being attached to details
Russian просма́тривать, просмотре́ть
- просма́тривать (prosmátrivatʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- просмотре́ть (prosmotrétʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- проли́стывать (prolístyvatʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- пролиста́ть (prolistátʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- бе́гло прочи́тывать (béglo pročítyvatʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
- бе́гло прочита́ть (béglo pročitátʹ)to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
Turkish göz gezdirmek
- göz gezdirmekto read something hurriedly without being attached to details
Cite this entry
APA
skim through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skim%20through
MLA
“skim through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skim%20through. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skim through,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skim%20through.
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