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skims through

skims through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skim through.

Meaning of skim through

Verb

skim through (third-person singular simple present skims through, present participle skimming through, simple past and past participle skimmed through)

  1. to go through something hastily
  2. to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

Questions about skims through

What is skims through the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Skims through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of skim through.

Words near skims through in the dictionary

  1. skimpingly
  2. skimps
  3. skimpy
  4. skims
  5. skims off
  6. skims through
  7. skin
  8. skin a flint
  9. skin and blister
  10. skin and blisters
  11. skin and bone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skims through (page history and authors); skim through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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