skate

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate.
  3. Noun.  The act of skateboarding.
  4. Noun.  The act of roller skating or ice skating.
  5. Verb.  To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  6. Verb.  To skateboard.
  7. Noun.  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.

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