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
The act of skateboarding
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
3
The act of roller skating or ice skating
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
verb
1
To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
2
To skateboard
3
To use the skating technique.
4
To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.
noun
1
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.