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.

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. / Abbreviation of ice skate.

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. / To skateboard. / (skiing) To use the skating technique.

(skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.

A worn-out horse. / A mean or contemptible person.

simple past tense and past participle of skate

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

To get through something difficult with ease.

(transitive) To escape punishment, such as by being acquitted in court. / (transitive, by extension from skate on thin ice) To barely hold on or maintain.

plural of skating