Synonyms of the word

skimming

• v. present participle of skim.
• n. Something skimmed from a surface etc.
• n. A motion or action that skims.
• n. (uncountable) The sport of skimboarding.

grazing

• v. present participle of graze.
• n. Grazeland.
• n. (uncountable) the action of animals eating, mainly of grass in a field or on other grassland.

larceny

• n. (law) The unlawful taking of personal property as an attempt to deprive the legal owner of it permanently.
• n. (law) A larcenous act attributable to an individual.

reading

• v. present participle of read.
• n. The process of interpreting written language.
• n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
• n. A value indicated by a measuring device.
• n. A meeting where written material is read aloud.
• n. An interpretation.
• n. Something to read; reading material.
• n. The extent of what one has read.
• n. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
• n. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible.

remotion

• n. (zoology, chiefly entomology) Backward motion. (Contrast promotion.).
• n. (especially logic, largely obsolete) Removal.

removal

• n. The process of moving, or the fact of being removed.
• n. The relocation of a business etc.
• n. The dismissal of someone from office.
• n. (Ireland) An evening funeral ritual in which the coffin holding the deceased is brought, usually from…

shaving

• n. (countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.
• n. (uncountable) The action of having a shave.
• v. present participle of shave.

skim

• v. (intransitive) To pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
• v. (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface…
• v. To hasten along with superficial attention.
• v. To put on a finishing coat of plaster.
• v. (transitive) to throw an object so it bounces on water (skimming stones).
• v. (intransitive) to ricochet.
• v. (transitive) to read quickly, skipping some detail.
• v. (transitive) to scrape off; to remove (something) from a surface.
• v. (transitive) to clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying on it, by means of a utensil…
• v. (transitive) to clear a liquid from (scum or substance floating or lying on it), especially the cream…
• adj. (of milk) Having lowered fat content.
• n. A cursory reading, skipping the details.
• n. (informal) Skim milk.

stealing

• n. (uncountable) The action of the verb to steal.
• n. (archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.
• v. present participle of steal.

theft

• n. The act of stealing property.

thievery

• n. The act of theft, the act of stealing.
• n. (obsolete) That which is stolen.

thieving

• v. present participle of thieve.
• adj. That thieves; that steals.
• n. The action of theft.

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

touching

• v. present participle of touch.
• adj. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation.
• n. The act by which something is touched.