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skate

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Noun

  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. Ellipsis of ice skate.
  3. Ellipsis of roller skate.
  4. The act of skateboarding
  5. The act of roller skating or ice skating
  6. A makeshift handcar.
  7. 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.
  8. A worn-out horse.
  9. Alternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”).

Verb

  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.
  5. To move smoothly and easily.

Adjective

  1. Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Proper noun

  1. The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.

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