skate
Noun
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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 (synset 104232791)
is a type of: sports equipment - equipment needed to participate in a particular sportsubtypes:
- 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
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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 (synset 101503801)is a type of: ray - cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral finssubtypes:- gray skate, grey skate, raja batis - common European skate used as food
- little skate, raja erinacea - most plentiful skate in North American inshore waters in summer; to 21 inches
- raja radiata, thorny skate - cold-water bottom fish with spines on the back; to 40 inches
- barndoor skate, raja laevis - one of the largest skates (to 5 feet); an active skate easy to hook
belongs to: family rajidae, rajidae - bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates
Verb
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Move along on skates (synset 201940612)
"The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter"is a type of: glide - move smoothly and effortlesslysubtypes:
- ice skate - move along on ice skates
- figure skate - dance on skates
- roller skate - travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles
- skateboard - ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom
- rollerblade - travel on shoes with a single line of rubber wheels attached to their soles
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