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skilful
skill
skilled nursing facility
skillet
skillful
skilly
skim
skim milk
skim off
skimmed milk
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skimming
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skin diving
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skim off
skim off


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
select best ones from group: to cull the best people or items from a group
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