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1.nounA light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.
2.nounA boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating
3.nounA 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.
4.nounThe act of skateboarding"There's time for a quick skate before dinner."
5.nounThe act of roller skating or ice skating"The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen."
6.verbTo move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
7.verbTo skateboard
8.verbTo use the skating technique.
9.verbTo get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
10.nounA 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.
11.nounA worn-out horse.
12.nounA mean or contemptible person.