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skate

/skeɪt/noun, verb1 syllable

Skate means: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.

What does skate mean?3

noun

1

sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

2

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

verb

1

move along on skates“The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with skate?44

three syllables

interstate
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All 44 rhymes for skate, grouped by syllable

Skate in a sentence

  • If you want to skate well, you should take it up seriously.unknown
  • Skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.Hybrid
  • After we had eaten, we went outside to skate.niceguydave
  • Which is easier for you to do, skate or ski?CK
  • Inline skates are like ice skates, but with wheels instead of blades.CM
  • Get your skates on, or you'll miss lunch.sundown
  • You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.CM
  • It is safe to skate on this lake.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of skate

as a noun

plural
skates

as a verb

past tense
skated
present participle
skating
third-person singular
skates
past participle
skated