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dip into

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  • verb transitive Used other than as an idiom: dip into.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To spend some of one's savings
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To read parts of something.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb read selectively; read only certain passages from a text

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synonyms (23)

Words with the same meaning

  1. browse
  2. examine cursorily
  3. flip
  4. give the once-over
  5. glance at
  6. glance over
  7. glance through
  8. page through
  9. pass over lightly
  10. run over
  11. run through
  12. scan
  13. skim
  14. skim over
  15. skip over
  16. slip through
  17. slur
  18. slur over
  19. thumb over
  20. thumb through
  21. touch upon
  22. touch upon lightly
  23. zip through

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. read

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