Skim 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34

Skim 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34

/skɪm/ (verb)

to read a passage as fast as possible to get the main gist, browse, speed-read, glance at – remove solid, e.g. fat or oil on top of something usually a liquid – to move very fast on top of something without touching its surface, glide, float, soar

Gist is the overall meaning, the core idea, of a spoken or written discourse. When taking a quick look at a written text to establish its genre and the main message its writer means to get across, we’re reading for gist. This is also known as skimming.

Source: https://www.britishcouncil.org/

Antonyms: scan, peruse

Noun: skimming

Noun: skimmer