Wiktionary
vb. 1 to go through something hastily 2 to read something hurriedly without being attached to details
Usage examples of "skim through".
And they went so fast that at last they seemed to skim through the air, hardly touching the ground with their feet, till suddenly, just as Alice was getting quite exhausted, they stopped, and she found herself sitting on the ground, breathless and giddy.
He didn't mind a skim through the thoughts, but that deliberate search was something he considered an abuse of power.
My idea was simple enough, just to skim through the backtime to see if any cultures had developed ideas or items we could use and carry.
My idea was simple enough, just to skim through the backtime to see if any cultures had developed ideas or items we could useand carry.
She lets me skim through the police report-I was hoping for some notation that might trip up Cleo Rio, but there's not much there.
And then he reached out for the book and began to skim through its pages.
In the time he took to skim through a glade of trees, over a few residential buildings, and down again onto a quiet suburban street, he was silent.
Here aloft, the companions of the swift-winged birds, we skim through the unresisting element, fleetly and fearlessly.