skate

CEFRA1

/skeɪt/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move on skates; a shoe with wheels or blades.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Ellipsis of ice skate.

Examples

  • It's so cold that we can skate.

  • You need to have strong thigh muscles to skate.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. Ellipsis of roller skate.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. The act of skateboarding

More examples

In context

  • The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

  • There's time for a quick skate before dinner.

  • Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.

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When the pond froze last night, we were able to blank across the ice this morning.

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Origin

verb

Back-formation from Dutch schaats, from Middle Dutch schāetse, from Old Northern French escache (“a stilt, trestle”) (compare French échasse and English scatch), from a Germanic language, perhaps Frankish *skakkjā (“stilt”, literally “thing that moves”), related to *skakan (“to shake, swing”).