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   skate

   /skeɪt/

   noun

   • 1. an ice skate or roller skate: "everyone was on skates"
   • ▪ short for skateboard
   • ▪ a device, typically with wheels on the underside, used to move a heavy or unwieldy object.

   verb

   • 1. move on ice skates or roller skates in a gliding fashion: "the boys were skating on the ice"
   • ▪ perform (a specified figure) on skates: "double-eight figures skated entirely on one foot"
   • ▪ ride on a skateboard.
   • 2. pass over or refer only fleetingly to (a subject or problem): "she seemed to skate over the next part of her story"
   • 3. make quick and easy progress through: "he admits he had expected to skate through the system"

   Word Origin mid 17th century (originally as the plural scates): from Dutch schaats (singular but interpreted as plural), from Old French eschasse ‘stilt’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   The meaning of SKATE is any of a family (Rajidae, especially genus Raja) of rays with the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the fish a flat diamond shape. How to use skate in a sentence.

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   to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. to glide or slide smoothly along. Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. (of the tone arm on a record player) to swing toward the spindle while a record is playing.

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   SKATE meaning: 1. a special boot with a thin metal bar attached to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on…. Learn more.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSKATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   any freshwater bony fish of the subclass Dipnoi, having an air-breathing lung, fleshy paired fins, and an elongated body. The only living species are those of the genera Lepidosiren of South America, Protopterus of Africa, and Neoceratodus of Australia. lungfish garpike perch.

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   Definition of skate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishSKATE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   SKATE definition: 1. a boot with wheels on the bottom, used for moving across the ground: 2. a boot with a metal…. Learn more.