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skate
 
Noun skate has 2 senses
  1. skate - sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
    --1 is a kind of     sports equipment, sporting goods
    --1 has particulars:
     ice skate; roller blade, in-line skate; roller skate; skateboard
    Derived form: verb skate1
  2. skate - 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
    --2 is a kind of     ray
    --2 is a member of Rajidae, family Rajidae
    --2 has particulars:
     gray skate, Raja batis; little skate, Raja erinacea; thorny skate, Raja radiata; barndoor skate, Raja laevis
Verb skate has 1 sense
  1. skate - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
    --1 is one way to     glide
    Derived forms: noun skate1, noun skater1, noun skating1
    Sample sentences:
    They skate the river
    They skate down the river
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