skate
/skeɪt/ noun C2- A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas; generally having small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.
Plural skates
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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We can skate on the ice there.
The teenagers practicing complicated spins in the center of the rink did not care about my clumsy attempts to skate backward.
Other matches
- skate A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a fra... A2
- skate To move along a surface B1
- skate A worn-out horse, a nag, a jade. C2
- skate Pertaining to the technique of skating. C2
- skate around Synonym of skate over.
- skate by To get through something difficult with ease.
- skate on To escape punishment, such as by being acquitte...
- skate over To avoid addressing or tackling.
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