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"forms": [
{
"form": "skim",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
},
{
"form": "skims",
"tags": [
"third-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "skimmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "skimmed",
"tags": [
"past",
"participle"
]
},
{
"form": "skimming",
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"present",
"participle"
]
}
],
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"1": "skim",
"2": "m"
},
"expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
"name": "verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Seabirds usually skim the surface of the sea for food."
},
{}
],
"glosses": [
"If you skim something, you move quickly and lightly near the surface."
],
"id": "simple-skim-en-verb-Qpyy4JeC",
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "glide"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must skim off the foam from the surface of the soup for it to be clear."
},
{}
],
"glosses": [
"If you skim something, you remove a substance from the surface of a liquid."
],
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}
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"ipa": "/skɪm/"
}
],
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}
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},
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},
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},
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"form": "skimmed",
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},
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},
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{
"text": "Seabirds usually skim the surface of the sea for food."
},
{}
],
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"If you skim something, you move quickly and lightly near the surface."
],
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],
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"word": "glide"
}
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "You must skim off the foam from the surface of the soup for it to be clear."
},
{}
],
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"If you skim something, you remove a substance from the surface of a liquid."
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/skɪm/"
}
],
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}
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