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31skate — I [[t]skeɪt[/t]] n. v. skat•ed, skat•ing 1) spo ice skate 1) 2) spo roller skate 3) spo the blade of an ice skate 4) to glide or propel oneself on skates 5) to glide or slide smoothly along 6) cvb sts to do something, esp. one s work, in a lax or …
32skate — skate1 [skeıt] n [Sense: 1 2,4; Date: 1600 1700; : Dutch; Origin: schaats stilt, skate , from Old North French escache stilt ] [Sense: 3; Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: skata] 1.) one of a pair of boots with metal blades on the bottom, for …
33skate — [[t]ske͟ɪt[/t]] skates, skating, skated (The plural skate is used in meaning 4.) 1) N COUNT Skates are ice skates. 2) N COUNT Skates are roller skates. 3) VERB If you skate, you move about wearing ice skates or roller skates. I actually skated,… …
34skate — cheap·skate; skate·able; skate; skate·mo·bile; skate·board; skate·board·er; skate·board·ing; …
35skate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. slide, glide, skim, slip, skid, go quickly, race, ice skate, roller skate. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. slide, glide, glissade, roller skate, rollerblade, ice skate, figure skate. WORD FIND figure skating • arena: rink… …
36skate — 1. n. a drinking bout. □ He’s off on another three day skate. □ Jerry hopes that this will be his last skate. He wants to dry out for good. 2. n. a drunkard; a person on a drinking spree. □ Jerry’s a skate and he knows it …
37skate — {{11}}skate (1) type of flat, cartilaginous fish, mid 14c., from O.N. skata, of unknown origin. {{12}}skate (2) ice skate or roller skate, 1660s, skeates ice skates (the custom was brought to England after the Restoration by exiled followers of… …
38skate — I. /skeɪt / (say skayt) noun 1. a steel blade attached to the bottom of a shoe, enabling a person to glide on ice. 2. a shoe with such a blade attached. 3. → rollerskate (def. 1). 4. → rollerblade (def. 1). 5. Electricity the sliding contact… …
39skate — I. noun (plural skates; also skate) Etymology: Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata Date: 14th century any of a family (Rajidae, especially genus Raja) of rays with the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the fish a flat diamond shape II …
40skate — 1. noun /skeɪt/ a) 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. Theres time for a quick skate before dinner. b) abbreviated form of ice skate… …
