skate
IPA: skˈeɪt
noun
- 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.
- The act of skateboarding
- The act of roller skating or ice skating
- 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.
- A worn-out horse.
- A mean or contemptible person.
- (fandom slang) The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.
- Abbreviation of ice skate. [A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.]
- Abbreviation of roller skate. [A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.]
verb
- To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
- To skateboard.
- (skiing) To use the skating technique.
- (slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
- To move smoothly and easily.
adjective
- (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.
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Examples of "skate" in Sentences
- She can skate and ski well.
- The Skate Park was built in the summer of 2003.
- On the replay you can see his skate is in the crease.
- Starlight skates on glistening mud in my magical land.
- In general, the bigger the wheel, the faster the skate.
- Brighton figure skaters place second at Skate Canada Challenge.
- I thought that the brake pad at the end of the skate was dangerous.
- The moral relativism that will probably let Conyers skate is part of that ideology.
- I was very successful in skate skis (freestyle) and not as successful in classic skis.
- | Reply skate is ten pounds of cool .. far cry from sticky grind-rails in TOny Hawk games ..
- Markov's shot by Thibault's right skate from the left goalpost for his third goal of the season.
- All the Stars were caught out of position on Reasoner's second goal, allowing him to again skate at the goal untouched.
- However the owners stopped taking customers yesterday because the ice skates they were providing were inappropriate for the surface.
- After that, the Russian was as sure as ever and as stylish and cocky as Vaclav Nijinsky, the revolutionary ballet dancer his free skate is homage to.
- There are two kinds of people that really symbolize the values of determination and perfectionism to me: kids in skate board parks and graffiti artists.
- Nik Antropov was sent off for high-sticking, and Weight capitalized on the ensuing power play when he directed the puck into the net with his skate from a few feet away and had to wait until it was ruled legal by video replay.
- November 20th, 2009 2: 50 pm ET it seems to me if you are black and a member of congress. "you will be geared for failure" set up for the okey doke ..... while the fbi let folks like palin skate and paul bremmer and the vanishing 9 billion dollars go up in smoke w/o a word. and EVERYONE is mumb about.