skate [skateskatesskatedskating] verb, noun BrE [skeɪt] NAmE [skeɪt] verb 1. intransitive, transitive to move on ↑skates (usually referring to ↑ice skating, if no other information is given) •Can you skate? •It was so cold that we were able to go skating on the lake. •~ sth He skated an exciting programme at the American Championships. 2. intransitive to ride on a ↑skateboard see be skating/walking on thin ice at ↑thinadj. Verb forms:
Word Origin: n. sense 1 and v. mid 17th cent. scates Dutch schaats Old French eschasse ‘stilt’ n. sense 2 Middle English Old Norse skata
Example Bank: •Several people were skating on the frozen pond. •That afternoon we went skating on the lake. Idiom: ↑get your skates on Derived: ↑skate over something
noun 1. = ↑ice skate, ↑roller skate •a pair of skates 2. (pl. skateor skates)a large flat sea fish that can be eaten
Word Origin: n. sense 1 and v. mid 17th cent. scates Dutch schaats Old French eschasse ‘stilt’ n. sense 2 Middle English Old Norse skata
