Library / English Dictionary

SKATING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sport of gliding on skates

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

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

ice skating (skating on ice)

roller skating (skating on wheels)

skateboarding (the sport of skating on a skateboard)

speed skating (competitive skating on speed skates (usually around an oval course))

Derivation:

skate (move along on skates)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb skate

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