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- [skeyt]
- /skeɪt/
- /skeɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [skeyt]
- /skeɪt/
Definitions of skate word
- noun skate a person; fellow: He's a good skate. 1
- noun skate a contemptible person. 1
- noun skate an inferior, decrepit horse; nag. 1
- verb without object skate to glide or propel oneself over ice, the ground, etc., on skates. 1
- verb without object skate to glide or slide smoothly along. 1
- verb without object skate Slang. to shirk one's duty; loaf. 1
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Origin of skate
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; orig. plural scates < Dutch schaats (singular) skate, Middle Dutch schaetse stilt (compare Medieval Latin scatia) < ?
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Parts of speech for Skate
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
skate popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
skate usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for skate
verb skate
- coast — The coast is an area of land that is next to the sea.
- default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
- freewheel — a device in the transmission of a motor vehicle that automatically disengages the drive shaft whenever it begins to turn more rapidly than the engine.
- freewheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- glide — to move smoothly and continuously along, as if without effort or resistance, as a flying bird, a boat, or a skater.
Top questions with skate
- how to ice skate?
- how to ride a skate?
- how to roller skate?
- how to skate?
- how to skate backwards?
- how to make a skate?
- how thick does ice have to be to skate on?