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skate - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'skate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Skate [ n.]
- A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
- Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.
2 . Skate [ v. i.]
- To move on skates.

Meaning of 'skate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . skate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move along on skates
Example in sentence:
  • The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter