noun Download 🔗Share A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating. Examples : "She put on her skates and glided onto the ice. " sport wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating Examples : "My sister loves to wear her skates to the park on weekends. " sport wear vehicle entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "She put on her skates and glided onto the ice. " sport utensil wear vehicle Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of skateboarding Examples : ""The new park downtown is great for skates because it has smooth ramps." " sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of roller skating or ice skating Examples : "The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen." sport entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. Examples : "The children skates at the ice rink every Saturday afternoon. " sport entertainment action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To skateboard Examples : "My brother skates at the park every weekend. " sport action entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To use the skating technique. Examples : "The hockey players skates quickly across the ice. " sport action entertainment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. Examples : "Despite strong evidence, the politician's lawyers were so skilled that he skated on the corruption charges. " law guilt police action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The fisherman carefully sorted through his catch, separating the cod from the skates. " fish animal biology ocean Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A worn-out horse. Examples : "After years of pulling the farmer's plow, old Dobbin became skates, barely able to walk to the pasture. " animal Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A mean or contemptible person. Examples : ""Everyone avoids talking to him because he's such a skates; he always tries to cheat people out of their money." " person character moral attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading