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/skeɪt/ · noun
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..
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.
Addressing a short pass from Henderson, he always felt too smart for Mykola Matviyenko, taking a step to lure him one way; dropping his shoulder and skating in the other direction, further inside.
The fishermen crowding in the cafés were also waiting for the end of the storm, when the fish, reassured, would rise to the surface after the bait. Soles, hog fish and skate were returning from their nocturnal expeditions. Day was now breaking.
Other deep creatures now being harvested or targeted as seafood include rattails, skates, squid, red crabs, orange roughy, black oreos, smooth oreos, hoki, blue ling, southern blue whiting, sablefish, black scabbard fish and spiny dogfish.
I opt for skate, which comes with a Champagne sauce, and a glass of Californian Pinot Gris.
Use skate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Skate means 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..
Common synonyms include skates.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
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