- 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 - 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
- skate - move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
--1 is one way to glide
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun skate1, noun skater1, noun skating1
They skate the river
They skate down the river