skate

SubstantivVerbAdjektivSubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

//skeɪt//

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.

Substantiv

1
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.
They open or shut, according as the foot to which the skate is attached moves downwards or upwards and the swimmer advances by the alternate motion of his limbs, as in mounting a stair, keeping the body and head inclined a little forward, as in skating.
2
The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
3
The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
4
A makeshift handcar.
5
Variante von ice skateEllipsis of ice skate.
6
Variante von roller skateEllipsis of roller skate.

Herkunft

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).

Verb

1
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2
To skateboard.
3
To use the skating technique.
4
SlangTo get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
5
To move smoothly and easily.
Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.

Adjektiv

1
Pertaining to the technique of skating.

Substantiv

1
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.
The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
I opt for skate, which comes with a Champagne sauce, and a glass of Californian Pinot Gris.

Herkunft

From Middle English skat, scate (also schat), from Old Norse skata (“skate”). Cognate with Icelandic skata (“skate, ray”), Norwegian skate (“skate”).

Substantiv

1
A worn-out horse, a nag, a jade.
2
Variante von skiteAlternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”).

Herkunft

Origin uncertain, but probably related to skite.

Formen

Plural: skates
Präteritum: skated
Partizip II: skated
Partizip I: skating
3. Person Singular: skates

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skate · 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.

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