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skate 1
(skāt)n.
1. An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate.
2. Informal A skateboard.
3. The act or a period of skating or skateboarding: went for a skate.
intr.v. skat·ed, skat·ing, skates
1. To glide or move along on skates.
2. To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner: "resting on his past laurels, skating along on his reputation" (Tami Hoag).
3. To ride or perform tricks on a skateboard.
[From Dutch schaats, stilt, skate (taken as pl.), from Middle Dutch schaetse, from Old North French escache, stilt, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
skate 2
(skāt)n.
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.
[Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata.]
skate 3
(skāt)n. Slang
1. A fellow; a person.
2. A decrepit horse; a nag.
[Perhaps alteration of dialectal skite, contemptible person; see blatherskite.]
skate
(skeɪt)n
1. (Individual Sports, other than specified) See roller skate, ice skate
2. (Ice Skating) the steel blade or runner of an ice skate
3. (Ice Skating) such a blade fitted with straps for fastening to a shoe
4. (Electrical Engineering) a current collector on an electric railway train that collects its current from a third rail. Compare bow collector
5. get one's skates on to hurry
vb (intr)
6. (Ice Skating) to glide swiftly on skates
7. to slide smoothly over a surface
8. skate on thin ice to place oneself in a dangerous or delicate situation
[C17: via Dutch from Old French éschasse stilt, probably of Germanic origin]
skate
(skeɪt)n, pl skate or skates
(Animals) any large ray of the family Rajidae, of temperate and tropical seas, having flat pectoral fins continuous with the head, two dorsal fins, a short spineless tail, and a long snout
[C14: from Old Norse skata]
skate
(skeɪt)n
slang US a person; fellow
[from Scottish and northern English dialect skate, a derogatory term of uncertain origin]
skate1
(skeɪt)n., v. skat•ed, skat•ing. n.
3. the blade of an ice skate.
v.i. 4. to glide or propel oneself on skates.
5. to glide or slide smoothly along.
6. to do something, esp. one's work, in a lax or superficial way.
v.t. 7. to perform by skating.
[1640–50; orig. pl. scates < Dutch schaats (singular) skate]
skate2
(skeɪt)n., pl. (esp. collectively) skate, (esp. for kinds or species) skates.
any ray, esp. of the family Rajidae, having winglike pectoral fins.
[1300–50; Middle English scate < Old Norse skati]
skate3
(skeɪt)n. Slang.
person: a good skate.
[1890–95]
skate
, ski, sled - The word skate was originally plural and comes from Dutch schaats, which derived from an Old French word for "stilt," but the connection is unclear. Skate appeared in English in the mid-17th century. Ski, in English by 1755, was borrowed from Norwegian, and ultimately from Old Norse for "snowshoe." Sled came from Flemish and Germanic sledde, between 1325 and 1388, for a "vehicle for transporting heavy goods," and is related to sledge and sleigh.See also related terms for sled.
skate
Past participle: skated
Gerund: skating
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Noun | 1. | ![]() ice skate - skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole in-line skate - a shoe with a line of rollers fixed to the sole roller skate - a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sport |
2. | skate - large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins family Rajidae, Rajidae - bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates little skate, Raja erinacea - most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches Raja radiata, thorny skate - cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches barndoor skate, Raja laevis - one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook | |
Verb | 1. | skate - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter" glide - move smoothly and effortlessly ice skate - move along on ice skates figure skate - dance on skates roller skate - travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles; "In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around" skateboard - ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom Rollerblade - travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles; "you'd better wear a helmet and knee protectors when you Rollerblade!"; "The muscular actor loves to Rollerblade" |
Translations
حِذاء تَزَلُّجسَمَك الوَرْنَكلَحْم سَمَك الوَرْنَكمِزْلَق عَجَلاتيتَحَرَّك على المِزْلَق
bruslebruslitklouzatkolečková bruslerejnok
skøjteløbe på skøjterrokkerulleskøjte
luistellaluistinrausku
voziti se na skateboardu
korcsolya
skataskautaskautirúlluskauti
スケートをする
스케이트
slidaslīdētslidotrajaskrituļslida
korčuľakorčuľovaťraja
drsalkadrsatikotalkakotalkati se
åka skridskor
เล่นสเก็ต
trượt băng
skate
1 [skeɪt] N (= fish) → raya fskate
2 [skeɪt]skate around skate over, skate round VI + PREP [+ problem, issue] → pasar por alto de, pasar por encima de
skate
1n (= fish) → Rochen m
skate
2n (= shoe) → Schlittschuh m; (= blade) → Kufe f; put or get your skates on (fig inf) → mach/macht mal ein bisschen dalli! (inf) ? ice skate, roller skate
skate
1 [skeɪt] n (pl inv, fish) → razzaskate
2 [skeɪt]2. vi → pattinare
to go skating → andare a pattinare
to skate across/down → attraversare/scendere pattinando
it went skating across the room (fig) → è scivolato lungo la stanza
to go skating → andare a pattinare
to skate across/down → attraversare/scendere pattinando
it went skating across the room (fig) → è scivolato lungo la stanza
skate over skate around vi + prep (problem, issue) → prendere alla leggera, prendere sottogamba
skate1
(skeit) noun1. a boot with a steel blade fixed to it for moving on ice etc. I can move very fast across the ice on skates.
2. a roller-skate.
verb1. to move on skates. She skates beautifully.
2. to move over, along etc by skating.
ˈskater nounˈskateboard noun
a short board with small wheels on which a person can stand and ride as a sport.
ˈskating-rink noun an area of ice set aside or designed for skating on.
skate2
(skeit) – plurals skate ~skates – noun1. a kind of large, flat fish.
2. its flesh, used as food.