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A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.

A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating

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.

The act of skateboarding

Example: There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

The act of roller skating or ice skating

Example: The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

To skateboard

To use the skating technique.

To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.

Pertaining to the technique of skating.

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.

A worn-out horse.

A mean or contemptible person.