Concept cluster: Actions > Skimming
v
Alternative form of cream-skim [(business, derogatory) To provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.]
n
(economics, derogatory) The business practice of providing a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.
v
(business, derogatory) To provide a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company.
v
To take the cream from; to skim.
adj
(obsolete, of milk) skimmed
v
To skim again.
n
A quick skim through the pages of a book.
v
To skim along or near the surface of; to pass close to, or touch lightly, in passing.
v
(intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
v
to separate (the best part of something from the remainder)
v
to go through something hastily
v
To read quickly, skipping some detail.
adj
(of writing) Worthy only of being skimmed rather than closely read; that is, not worthy of close reading.
n
A person who skims.
adj
(chiefly fashion) Tending or seeming to skim; loose
n
A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
v
(transitive) To throw (something), making it skim, ricochet, or bounce over a surface.
v
to pass over quickly, skim
v
To avoid or ignore (something); to manage to avoid (something or a problem); to skate by (something).
v
(Northern Ireland) To skim or slide along a surface.
v
To pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of.
v
(Northumbria) To skim.

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