skate

Use skate in a sentence

Edith can do cool tricks on her roller skates.

noun

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

verb

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

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skate

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 of skate

taken as singular of earlier skates from Dutch schaats, a skate, stilt from Norman French escache from Old French eschace, stilt, crutch from Frankish an unverified form skatja, stilt

intransitive verb

skat′ed, skat′ing

to glide or move along on, or as on, skates
to ride or perform stunts on a skateboard

noun

pl. skates or

any ray fish (esp. order Rajiformes): often used of the larger commercial species

Origin of skate

Middle English scate from Old Norse skata

a broken-down horse; nag
a person: now only in good skate, a congenial, likable person

Origin of skate

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps

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skate

noun

An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate.
Informal A skateboard.
The act or a period of skating or skateboarding: went for a skate.

intransitive verb

skat·ed, skat·ing, skates

To glide or move along on skates.
To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner: “resting on his past laurels, skating along on his reputation” ( Tami Hoag )
To ride or perform tricks on a skateboard.

Origin of skate

From Dutch schaats stilt, skate ( taken as pl. ) from Middle Dutch schaetse from Old North French escache stilt perhaps of Germanic origin

noun

Any of various cartilaginous fishes chiefly of the family Rajidae, having a flattened body with greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head, and laying eggs enclosed in hard cases.

Origin of skate

Middle English scate from Old Norse skata

skate2

clearnose skate

Raja eglanteria

noun

Slang

A fellow; a person.
A decrepit horse; a nag.

Origin of skate

Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite contemptible person ; see blatherskite .

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Noun

(plural skates)

A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
To skateboard

Origin

Back-formation from earlier scates, from Dutch schaats, from Old Northern French escache, compare Modern French Ã©chasse.

Noun

(plural skates)

A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.

Origin

From Old Norse skata.

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