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Main Entry: dip into
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: try, sample

Synonyms:

appropriate, browse, dabble, flip through, get, glance at, glance over, leaf through, peruse, play at, rifle through, run over, run through, scan, seize, skim, take, taste, thumb through
Main Entry: glance
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look at briefly

Synonyms:

browse, check out, dip into, flash*, flip through, gaze, get a load of, glimpse, leaf through, peek, peep, peer, riffle through, run over, run through, scan, see, skim through, take a gander, take in, thumb through, view
Notes: a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does

Antonyms:

stare
Main Entry: go over
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: review

Synonyms:

analyze, examine, inspect, investigate, look at, peruse, practice, read, rehearse, reiterate, repeat, revise, riffle through, scan, skim, study, thumb through

Antonyms:

ignore, neglect
Main Entry: scan
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look over, scrutinize lightly

Synonyms:

browse, check, consider, contemplate, dip into, examine, flash*, flip through, give the once-over, glance at, glance over, have a look-see, inquire, investigate, leaf through, look, look through, look up and down, overlook, regard, riff, riffle, rumble, run over, run through, scour, search, size up, skim, study, survey, sweep, take a gander, take stock of, thumb through
Main Entry: skim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look through cursorily

Synonyms:

browse, brush over, dip, examine, flip through, get the cream, give the once-over, glance, glance over, go once over lightly, hit the high spots, leaf through, read, read swiftly, riff, riffle, run eye over, scan, skip, thumb through, turn the pages

Antonyms:

pour
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