skate

noun

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. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of ice skate.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of roller skate.
4. The act of skateboarding

   “There's time for a quick skate before dinner.”

5. The act of roller skating or ice skating

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

6. (Philippines)A makeshift handcar.
7. 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.

   “The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.”

   “Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.”

   “I opt for skate, which comes with a Champagne sauce, and a glass of Californian Pinot Gris.”

8. A worn-out horse.
9. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of skite (“a mean or contemptible person”).

verb

1. To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2. To skateboard.
3. To use the skating technique.
4. (slang)To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
5. To move smoothly and easily.

   “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.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the technique of skating.

name

1. (slang)The ship of characters James "Sawyer" Ford and Kate Austen from the television series Lost.

   “But 'Skate' fans ended the series quite disappointed in him, as it seems that even after leaving with Kate, they couldn't be together.”

   “(I've never subscribed to either of the Kate ships on the show, but even I was almost a Skate convert in that moment.)”

   “And while, as a Skate fan, I have to admit I was a bit disappointed that my side of the love square ultimately didn't win out (Sawyer ended up with Juliet, Jack ended up with Kate), I have to say I adored this small scene between my couple!”