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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "cream-skim"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skim-read"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "semi-skimmed"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skimmed milk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skimmer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skim off"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skim over"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "skim through"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "skemen",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle English skemen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "skymen",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "skymen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "scumen",
"3": ""
},
"expansion": "scumen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "escumer",
"4": "",
"5": "to remove scum"
},
"expansion": "Old French escumer (“to remove scum”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "escume",
"3": "",
"4": "froth, foam"
},
"expansion": "escume (“froth, foam”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "frk",
"3": "*skūm",
"t": "froth, foam"
},
"expansion": "Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skūmaz",
"t": "foam"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*skew-",
"4": "",
"5": "to cover, conceal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English skemen, skymen, variants of scumen, from Old French escumer (“to remove scum”), from escume (“froth, foam”), from Frankish *skūm (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *skew- (“to cover, conceal”). See scum.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "skims",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "skimming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "skimmed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "skimmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "skim (third-person singular simple present skims, present participle skimming, simple past and past participle skimmed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-S9fUk-IC",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1817, William Hazlitt, The Round Table",
"text": "Homer describes Mercury as flinging himself from the top of Olympus, and skimming the surface of the ocean.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-Dw6P0LK1",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To hasten along with superficial attention."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-TYB8syCs"
},
{
"glosses": [
"To put on a finishing coat of plaster."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-VvkXjlzI",
"links": [
[
"plaster",
"plaster"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "skimming stones",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To throw an object so it bounces on water."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-Ldn8dxAU",
"links": [
[
"throw",
"throw"
],
[
"bounce",
"bounce"
],
[
"water",
"water"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To throw an object so it bounces on water."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "hodit žabku"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "slå smut"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "ketsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "heittää leipää"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "heittää leipiä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "faire des ricochets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"english": "generally understood",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "springen lassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "hüpfen lassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"english": "northern and central Germany",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "flitschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "titschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"Bavaria"
],
"word": "flippen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "platteln"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"Switzerland"
],
"word": "schiefern"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "kacsázik"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "ripi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "tipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puskátʹ blínčiki",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "пуска́ть бли́нчики"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 1 3 88 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "kasta macka"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To ricochet."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-yEleZTgK",
"links": [
[
"ricochet",
"ricochet"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To ricochet."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yarta",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "يَرْتَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikochettere"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "afketsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "kimmota"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ricocher"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "abprallen"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exostrakízomai",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "εξοστρακίζομαι"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "visszapattan"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rimbalzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"alt": "ひびはねる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hibihaneru",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "飛びはねる"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ripi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "tipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "wami"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "hohoni"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikoszetować"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ricochetear"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "a ricoșa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rikošetírovatʹ",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "рикошети́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bitʹ rikošétom",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "бить рикоше́том"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikoschettera"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "studsa"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "sekmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 3 3 1 75 3 4 1 1 1 2 2",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "lengen"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To read quickly, skipping some detail."
],
"id": "en-skim-en-verb-14tH-cFQ",
"links": [
[
"skip",
"skip"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To read quickly, skipping some detail."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prelistvam",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "прелиствам"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "llegir per sobre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "llegir en diagonal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "fullejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "瀏覽"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liúlǎn",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "浏览"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "listovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skimme"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "doorbladeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "diagonaal lezen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "foliumi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukea pintapuolisesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukea hutaisten"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukaista"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "silmäillä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "feuilleter"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lire en diagonale"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadaḳitxva",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "გადაკითხვა"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "überfliegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "scorrere"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"alt": "ざっとよむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zatto yomu",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ざっと読む"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"alt": "よみとばす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yomitobasu",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "読み飛ばす"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"alt": "よみながす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yominagasu",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "読み流す"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hulteoboda",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "훑어보다"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumlese"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumme"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler superficialmente"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler em diagonal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler na diagonal"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "a răsfoi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "béglo pročítyvatʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "бе́гло прочи́тывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prolístyvatʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "проли́стывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "listátʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "листа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "hojear"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "leer por encima"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 2 1 0 1 86 1 0 1 1 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumma"
},
{
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"glosses": [
"That which is skimmed off."
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{
"ref": "1976, Paul Schrader, Taxi Driver, spoken by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)",
"text": "It's a hustle, but it keeps me busy. I can take in three to three-fifty a week, more with skims.",
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},
{
"ref": "1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at Federally Funded Wastewater Treatment Construction Projects, volume 4",
"text": "This potential is further increased by the ease of passing on the costs of corruption and racketeering to consumers; a skim of only one percent of a construction project can amount to hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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],
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"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
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"English nouns",
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
"text": "skimming stones",
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"To throw an object so it bounces on water."
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},
{
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"To ricochet."
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"(intransitive) To ricochet."
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"text": "I skimmed the newspaper over breakfast.",
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"To read quickly, skipping some detail."
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"(transitive) To read quickly, skipping some detail."
],
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"To scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface"
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[
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[
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"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "to skim broth",
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],
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"To clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface."
],
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],
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],
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[
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],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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"ref": "2006, Herbert Snyder, Small Change, Big Problems, page 48",
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},
{
"ref": "2009, Tracy L. Coenen, Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide, page 109",
"text": "[…] take this money without entering anything into the record-keeping system, thereby accomplishing a theft by skimming.",
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}
],
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"To steal money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection."
]
},
{
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],
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],
[
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"payment card"
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[
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]
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],
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"To become coated over."
],
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"(intransitive) To become coated over."
],
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"intransitive"
]
}
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nosja se nad",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "нося се над"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "lliscar"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "dépasser doucement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "effleurer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "frôler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "raser"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "scinn"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "sfiorare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "rasentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "lambire"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "riripi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to glide along near the surface as a seabird across the ocean",
"word": "sobrevolar rozando"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "hodit žabku"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "slå smut"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "ketsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "heittää leipää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "heittää leipiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "faire des ricochets"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "generally understood",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "springen lassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "hüpfen lassen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"english": "northern and central Germany",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "flitschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "titschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"Bavaria"
],
"word": "flippen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "platteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"tags": [
"Switzerland"
],
"word": "schiefern"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "kacsázik"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "ripi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "tipi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "puskátʹ blínčiki",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "пуска́ть бли́нчики"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "throw an object so it bounces on water",
"word": "kasta macka"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "yarta",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "يَرْتَ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikochettere"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "afketsen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "kimmota"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ricocher"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "abprallen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "exostrakízomai",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "εξοστρακίζομαι"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "visszapattan"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rimbalzare"
},
{
"alt": "ひびはねる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hibihaneru",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "飛びはねる"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ripi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "tipi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "wami"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "hohoni"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikoszetować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "ricochetear"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "a ricoșa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rikošetírovatʹ",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "рикошети́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bitʹ rikošétom",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "бить рикоше́том"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rebotar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "rikoschettera"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "studsa"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "sekmek"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "ricochet",
"word": "lengen"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prelistvam",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "прелиствам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "llegir per sobre"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "llegir en diagonal"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "fullejar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "瀏覽"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liúlǎn",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "浏览"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "listovat"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skimme"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "doorbladeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "diagonaal lezen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "foliumi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukea pintapuolisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukea hutaisten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lukaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "silmäillä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "feuilleter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "lire en diagonale"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gadaḳitxva",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "გადაკითხვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "überfliegen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "scorrere"
},
{
"alt": "ざっとよむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "zatto yomu",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ざっと読む"
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{
"alt": "よみとばす",
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"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
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"alt": "よみながす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yominagasu",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "読み流す"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hulteoboda",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "훑어보다"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumlese"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumme"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler superficialmente"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler em diagonal"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ler na diagonal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "a răsfoi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "béglo pročítyvatʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "бе́гло прочи́тывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prolístyvatʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "проли́стывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "listátʹ",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "листа́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "hojear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "leer por encima"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "skumma"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "read quickly, skipping some detail",
"word": "ögna igenom"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izgrebvam",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "изгребвам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "decapar"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "escumar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "afschrapen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "afromen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "kuoria"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "raspar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "abschöpfen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "abstreichen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "schiumare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "sgrassare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scrape off; remove (something) from a surface",
"word": "desnatar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obiram kajmaka",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "обирам каймака"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "desnatar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "afromen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "kuoria"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "kaapia"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "remove cream",
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "estonar"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "scremare"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "spannare"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "êcrémer"
},
{
"alt": "сли́вки",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "snimátʹ",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "снима́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "desnatar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "skumma"
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{
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"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "remove cream",
"word": "scramer"
}
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "obezmaslen",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "обезмаслен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "desnatat"
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{
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"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "afgeroomd"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "kuoria"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
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},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "scremato"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
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},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "kore kirīmi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
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"Portugal"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "having lowered fat content",
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"masculine"
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"word": "desnatado"
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{
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having lowered fat content",
"word": "descremado"
}
],
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}
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"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"ref": "2010, Gary G. Kindley, Growing Older Without Fear: The Nine Qualities of Successful Aging",
"text": "Two percent milk has only a fraction less fat than whole milk, so unless you are feeding a child or someone whose diet requires whole milk, skim is best.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Skim milk."
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"(informal) Skim milk."
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"uncountable"
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},
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1969, Newsweek, volume 74, page 75",
"text": "Then you could jump 150 years and enjoy a skim across the Solent in Britain's remarkable Hovercraft.",
"type": "quotation"
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"The act of skimming."
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"uncountable"
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"That which is skimmed off."
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"tags": [
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"uncountable"
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"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1976, Paul Schrader, Taxi Driver, spoken by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro)",
"text": "It's a hustle, but it keeps me busy. I can take in three to three-fifty a week, more with skims.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1989, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at Federally Funded Wastewater Treatment Construction Projects, volume 4",
"text": "This potential is further increased by the ease of passing on the costs of corruption and racketeering to consumers; a skim of only one percent of a construction project can amount to hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"Theft of money from a business before the transaction has been recorded, thus avoiding detection."
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