| NOUN | artifact | skate | sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs |
|---|---|---|---|
| animal | skate | large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head | |
| VERB | motion | skate | move along on skates |
| Sounds | skey't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | ice skate | skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole |
| in-line skate | A shoe with a line of rollers fixed to the sole | |
| roller skate | A shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole | |
| Broader | sports equipment | equipment needed to participate in a particular sport |
| Spanish | patines, patín | |
| Catalan | patí, patins | |
| Verbs | skate | move along on skates |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Member of | Rajidae, family Rajidae | bottom-dwelling tropical rays |
| Narrower | barndoor skate, Raja laevis | One of the largest skates (to 5 feet) |
| grey skate, gray skate, Raja batis | Common European skate used as food | |
| little skate, Raja erinacea | Most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer | |
| thorny skate, Raja radiata | Cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back | |
| Broader | ray | cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside |
| Spanish | raya | |
| Catalan | rajada | |
| Meaning | Move along on skates. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | They skate the river; They skate down the river | |
| Example | "The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter" | |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Entailed by | speed skate | race on skates |
| Narrower | Rollerblade | Travel on shoes with a single line of rubber / rubber wheels attached to their soles |
| figure skate | dance on skates | |
| ice skate | Move along on ice skates | |
| roller skate | Travel on shoes with steel or rubber / rubber rollers attached to their soles | |
| skateboard | ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom | |
| Broader | glide | Move smoothly and effortlessly |
| Spanish | patinar | |
| Catalan | patinar | |
| Nouns | skate | sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs |
| skater | someone who skates | |
| skating | the sport of gliding on skates | |
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