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SKATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("skate" is a kind of...):

ray (cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skate"):

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)

Holonyms ("skate" is a member of...):

family Rajidae; Rajidae (bottom-dwelling tropical rays: skates)

Sense 2

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skate" is a kind of...):

sports equipment (equipment needed to participate in a particular sport)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skate"):

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)

Derivation:

skate (move along on skates)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Move along on skates

Example:

The Dutch often skate along the canals in winter

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "skate" is one way to...):

glide (move smoothly and effortlessly)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "skate"):

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

They skate the river

They skate down the river

Derivation:

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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