skate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /skeɪt/
skate (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.
- Abbreviation of ice skate#English|ice skate.
- Abbreviation of roller skate#English|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.
- Russian: конёк
- French: patin
- German: Schlittschuh, Rollschuh
- Italian: pattina
- Portuguese: skate, patim
- Russian: конёк
- Spanish: patín
- German: Skateboardfahren, Skateboarden
- Russian: ката́ние на скейтборд
- French: patinage
- German: Schlittschuhlaufen, Eislaufen, Eislauf
- Portuguese: patinada
- Russian: ката́ние на коньки
- Spanish: patinaje
skate (skates, present participle skating; past and past participle skated)
- 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.
- French: glisser, patiner
- German: Schlittschuh laufen
- Portuguese: patinar
- Russian: ката́ться на коньки
- Spanish: patinar
- Russian: ката́ться на скейтборд
- Spanish: andar en skate
skate (not comparable)
- (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.
skate (plural skates)
- A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzle#Noun|muzzles, and wide fin#Noun|fins attached to a flat body.
skate (plural skates)
- A worn-out horse.
- A mean or contemptible person.
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