"skim-coat" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skim-coats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "skim-coat (third-person singular simple present skim-coats, present participle skim-coating, simple past and past participle skim-coated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Mindy Drucker, Pierre Finkelstein, Recipes for Surfaces, page 56",
          "text": "You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Myron R. Ferguson, Drywall: Professional Techniques for Great Results, page 159",
          "text": "The best way to avoid the problem of photographing is to skim-coat the entire surface after the third coat of joint comound has dried.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Exterior Siding, Trim, and Finishes, page 140",
          "text": "Epoxy filler adheres well to itself, so any small areas left from the initial fill can be skim-coated and blended into the repair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply a skim coat."
      ],
      "id": "en-skim-coat-en-verb-a-0D5adA",
      "links": [
        [
          "skim coat",
          "skim coat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skim-coat"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skim-coats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "skim-coated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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      "expansion": "skim-coat (third-person singular simple present skim-coats, present participle skim-coating, simple past and past participle skim-coated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English lemmas",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990, Mindy Drucker, Pierre Finkelstein, Recipes for Surfaces, page 56",
          "text": "You can skim-coat the piece with spackling comound, following the length of its grain and dragging the knife over the surface at a slight angle so that you fill in only the grain.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Myron R. Ferguson, Drywall: Professional Techniques for Great Results, page 159",
          "text": "The best way to avoid the problem of photographing is to skim-coat the entire surface after the third coat of joint comound has dried.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Exterior Siding, Trim, and Finishes, page 140",
          "text": "Epoxy filler adheres well to itself, so any small areas left from the initial fill can be skim-coated and blended into the repair.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To apply a skim coat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "skim coat",
          "skim coat"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "skim-coat"
}