a skate

Definition of a skate in English English dictionary: tinker
skate: A large ray of the family Rajidae which inhabits temperate or tropical seas
skate: The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
skate: abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
skate: To skateboard
skate: The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
skate: {v} to slide on the ice by skates
skate: An egg-laying fish, related to sharks and rays, that has a cartilaginous skeleton, a broad, flat body and a pointed snout
skate: sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs
skate: The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes
skate: To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates
skate: type of fish
skate: {i} ice skate, shoe with a blade on the bottom for gliding on ice; roller skate, shoe with wheels on the bottom for gliding on hard surfaces; any of a number of large flat fish that are related to rays
skate: roller skate; ice skate
skate: If you skate, you move about wearing ice-skates or roller-skates. I actually skated, and despite some teetering I did not fall on the ice Dan skated up to him. + skating skat·ing They all went skating together in the winter. + skater skaters skat·er West Lake, an outdoor ice-skating rink, attracts skaters during the day and night
skate: Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin
skate: Skates are roller-skates
skate: If you skate over or round a difficult subject, you avoid discussing it. Scientists have tended to skate over the difficulties of explaining dreams When pressed, he skates around the subject of those women who he met as a 19-year-old. Any of various rays of the genus Raja, having a flattened body and greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head. Any of nine genera (suborder Rajoidea) of rounded to diamond-shaped rays. These bottom-dwellers are found from tropical to near-Arctic waters and from the shallows to depths of more than 9,000 ft (2,700 m). Most have spines on the upper surface, and some have weak electrical organs in their long, slender tails. Skates lay oblong, leathery eggs (called mermaid's purses), which are often found on beaches. Species vary from 20 in. (50 cm) to 8 ft (2.5 m) long. They swim with an undulating movement of their pectoral fins. They trap active mollusk, crustacean, and fish prey by dropping down on them from above. Skates' "wings" are edible. figure skating roller skating speed skating
skate: The act of roller skating
skate: In the Ray family California to Alaska Low fat, only wings are edible, and must be removed immediately to prevent contamination Pink meat cooks up white Sweet flavor
skate: move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"
skate: A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, -- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice
skate: 1) For a server to leave without doing closing sidework, i e rolling silverware 2) To move on shoes with blades or rollers attached
skate: The act of ice skating
skate: 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 sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs move along on skates; "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter
skate: The skin is more or less spinose
skate: A skate is a kind of flat sea fish. Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate. = ray Skate is this fish eaten as food
skate: The technique of gently pulling the wet ink from one stroke to create another stroke, often a hairline Back to top
skate: Skates are ice-skates
skate: 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
skate: To move on skates
skate: {f} glide across ice with ice skates; glide across a hard surface with roller skates
skate: A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice