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Meaning of skates

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

skates

Pronunciation:/skeɪts/

noun

Definitions

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

noun

Definitions

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

noun

Definitions

  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. The act of skateboarding

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

  3. The act of roller skating or ice skating

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

verb

Definitions

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

  2. To skateboard

  3. To use the skating technique.

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

noun

Definitions

  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.

noun

Definitions

  1. A worn-out horse.

  2. A mean or contemptible person.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ice%20skatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roller%20skatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skatehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skates

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