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   skate

   /skeɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an ice skate or roller skate: "everyone was on skates"
   • ▪ short for skateboard
   • ▪ a device, typically with wheels on the underside, used to move a heavy or unwieldy object.

   verb

   • 1. move on ice skates or roller skates in a gliding fashion: "the boys were skating on the ice"
   • ▪ perform (a specified figure) on skates: "double-eight figures skated entirely on one foot"
   • ▪ ride on a skateboard.
   • 2. pass over or refer only fleetingly to (a subject or problem): "she seemed to skate over the next part of her story"
   • 3. make quick and easy progress through: "he admits he had expected to skate through the system"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally as the plural scates): from Dutch schaats (singular but interpreted as plural), from Old French eschasse ‘stilt’.

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   What does skate mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! SKATE definition: 1. a special boot with a thin metal bar attached to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on…. Learn more.

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   What does Skat mean in slang?

   • , skat·ed, skat·ing. to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. to glide or slide smoothly along. Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing. , skat·ed, skat·ing. to slide (a flat) across the floor of a stage.

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   What is the plural of skate?

   • Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense skates , present participle skating , past tense, past participle skated language note: The plural skate is used in meaning [sense 4]. Skates are ice-skates. Skates are roller-skates. If you skate, you move about wearing ice-skates or roller-skates.

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   What are skates used for in sports?

   • Skates are a type of footwear used in various sports such as ice skating, roller skating, and roller blading. They come in various colors, materials, shapes, foot sizes, and styles for specific purposes.

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   • English (US)

     A2 [ C ] plural skates. a special boot with a thin metal bar...

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     SKATE definicja: 1. a special boot with a thin metal bar...

   • Skate: Korean Translation

     SKATE translate: 스케이트화, 아이스 스케이트화, 스케이트를 타다. Learn more in...

   • Skate: Japanese Translation

     SKATE translate: ローラースケート （靴）, アイススケート（靴）, スケートする,...

   • Skate: Arabic Translation

     SKATE translate: مِزْلَج, مِزْلَج (لِلتَزَلُّج عَلى...

   • Skate: Italian Translation

     SKATE translate: pattino a rotelle, pattino da ghiaccio,...

   • Skate: German Translation

     skate translate: der Schlittschuh, der Rollschuh,...

   • Skate: Catalan Translation

     skate translate: patí, patí, patinar. Learn more in the...

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   A2 [ C ] plural skates. a special boot with a thin metal bar attached to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on ice, or a boot with four small wheels fixed to the bottom so that you can move over a hard surface: a pair of ice skates. a pair of roller skates. Ron Nickel/GettyImages.

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   Skates are things you wear on your feet so you can roll around a roller rink or glide across an icy pond. Roller skates have wheels on the bottom, and ice skates have metal blades. When you lace up your skates and start moving over the ice, you skate.

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