skate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Verb 3 Latvian 3.1 Noun 4 Norwegian 4.1 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪt

[edit] Etymology 1

Back-formation from earlier scates from Dutch schaats from Old North French escache, compare French échasse

[edit] Noun

skate (plural skates)

1. A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
2. abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
3. The act of skateboarding

   There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

4. The act of roller skating or ice skating

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

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to skate (third-person singular simple present skates, present participle skating, simple past and past participle skated)

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

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• roller-skate
• skateboard
• skate on thin ice
• skatepark
• skater

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse skata.

[edit] Noun

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skate (plural skates)

1. A large ray of the family Rajidae which inhabits temperate or tropical seas.

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• stake
• steak
• takes

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[edit] French

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skate

1. First-person singular present indicative of skater.
2. Third-person singular present indicative of skater.
3. First-person singular present subjunctive of skater.
4. Third-person singular present subjunctive of skater.
5. Second-person singular imperative of skater.

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skate

• IPA:/'skatɘ/

1. A display, an exhibition, or a show.

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skate m. and f. (definite singular skata/skaten; indefinite plural skater; definite plural skatene)

1. skate (a fish)
2. a dried tree without branches