Phrase guide

skim through

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

to go through something hastily

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

verb

Meaning 2

to read something hurriedly without being attached to details

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: silmäillä läpi — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • French: survoler — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • French: lire en diagonale — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • German: querlesen — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: просма́тривать (prosmátrivatʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: просмотре́ть (prosmotrétʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: проли́стывать (prolístyvatʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: пролиста́ть (prolistátʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: бе́гло прочи́тывать (béglo pročítyvatʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Russian: бе́гло прочита́ть (béglo pročitátʹ) — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
  • Turkish: göz gezdirmek — to read something hurriedly without being attached to details