skate

(noun, verb)

noun

1. sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

Definition categories: man–made

2. large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins

Definition categories: animal, ray

Sentences with skate as a noun:

- There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

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

verb

1. move along on skates

- The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter

Definition categories: motion, glide