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scinn — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • glance verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
  • graze verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
  • scamper verb To run quickly with short, light steps, often playfully.
  • scurry verb To run with short, quick, hurried steps.
  • scuttle noun An open bucket or container used for carrying coal.
  • shy adj Nervous or uncomfortable around other people; reluctant to draw attention to oneself.
  • skim verb To read something quickly, picking up only the main points.
  • skip verb To move along lightly with a hop in each step.

Senses

scinn is used for these senses in English:

  • glance (also, figuratively) To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
  • glance off (transitive) To strike a surface and be deflected
  • graze (transitive) To rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing.
  • scamper (intransitive) To run lightly and quickly, especially in a playful or undignified manner.
  • scurry To run with quick light steps, to scamper.
  • scuttle (intransitive) To move hastily, to scurry.
  • shy (intransitive) To jump back in fear.
  • skim (transitive) To pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.

glance — full definition

  1. verb To take a quick, brief look at something.
  2. verb To strike something at an angle and bounce off in another direction, rather than hitting it straight on.
  3. noun A quick, brief look.

graze — full definition

  1. verb To eat growing grass, or to let animals feed on pasture.
  2. verb To touch or rub something lightly while passing it, sometimes scraping the skin.
  3. noun A minor scrape or scratch on the skin.

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