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Definition skate

Etymology 1

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch sch?etse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkja (“stilt”).

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. 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.
2. Abbreviation of ice skate.
3. Abbreviation of roller skate.
4. The act of skateboarding
5. The act of roller skating or ice skating

Verb

skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2. To skateboard
3. (skiing) To use the skating technique.

Adjective

skate (not comparable)

1. (skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Etymology 2

skate (plural skates)

1. 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.

Etymology 3

Unknown.

Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A worn-out horse.
2. A mean or contemptible person.

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