figure skating

Ice-skating consisting of one or more planned sequences of required and optional spins, jumps, and dancelike maneuvers, originally consisting of a program in which the skater traced prescribed, usually elaborate figures.

figure skate v.

figure skater n.

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figure skating

1. (Individual Sports, other than specified) ice skating in which the skater traces outlines of selected patterns

2. (Individual Sports, other than specified) the whole art of skating, as distinct from skating at speed

figure skater n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

fig′ure skat`ing

ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice and sometimes executes movements combining athleticism and dance.

[1865–70]

fig′ure skat`er, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

figure skating - ice skating where the skates trace outlines of selected figures

ice skating - skating on ice

Translations

krasobruslení

Eiskunstlauf

kaunoluistelutaitoluistelu

műkorcsolyázás

фигурное катание

figure skating

n → pattinaggio artistico

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Moreover, to promote ice hockey, ice skating and figure skating in the snowy regions of the country, it has also planned to develop ice skating rinks in the winter season over various frozen lakes, scattered around Gilgit, Skardu and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.

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The talented duo imparted training to young figure skating enthusiasts seeking to excel in this exhilarating sport during the camp that started on Friday and concluded on Sunday.

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delegation insisted on Thursday that Mariah Bell didn't intend to hurt Lim when they collided during a warmup before Wednesday's short program at the International Skating Union (ISU) World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan.

US apologizes to S. Korean figure skater after controversial incident

She is the only woman in the history of competitive figure skating to execute the move.

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Figure Skating Association and oversees 22 rinks in the region.

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Elliot, a member of Tees Active Sports Academy, has been selected by National Ice Skating Association to compete in two international figure skating events in an attempt to gain the qualifying scores that would enable this talented teenager to compete at the World Junior Championships.

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The European Figure Skating Championships ("Europeans") is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of the European champion.

National figure skater successfully performs in Minsk

Moreover, a foreign coach was also hired by the Winter Sports Federation of Pakistan (WSFP) to teach the basics of figure skating to the locals.

In a first, Pakistan hosts figure skating competition at Naltar sporting event

A foreign coach has also been hired by the winter sports federation to teach the basics of figure skating to the local kids and university and college students of the country.

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