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The definition of a skate is a shoe fitted with wheels for moving on a hard surface or a blade on the sole for gliding on ice.

(noun)

An example of a skate is what an Olympic ice skater wears on their feet while competing.

Skate means to move quickly, or to move on a hard surface such as ice, pavement or a rink wearing shoes with a blade or wheels attached to the bottom.

(verb)

An example of skate is to complete five tasks in a short period of time with a minimal amount of effort; skate through tasks.
An example of skate is what an olympic ice dancer does to compete for a gold medal.

Skate is defined as a type of fish with a skeleton mostly made of cartilage, a flat body with eyes on the top surface, wide fins and a whip-like tail.

(noun)

An example of a skate is a batoid fish.

See skate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

also ice skate
1. a bladelike metal runner mounted in a frame having clamps and straps for fastening it to the sole of a shoe and used for gliding on ice
2. a shoe with such a runner permanently attached
a similar frame or shoe with a pair of small wheels near the toe and another pair at the heel, for gliding on a hardwood floor, sidewalk, etc.
also roller skate
in-line skate
the act or a period of skating

Origin: taken as sing. of earlier skates < Du schaats, a skate, stilt < NormFr escache < OFr eschace, stilt, crutch < Frank *skatja, stilt

intransitive verb skated, skating

to move along or glide on or as on skates

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