skate

verb/skeɪt/

Frequency rank: #5,773 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to glide or move smoothly on ice or a hard surface using skates or wheels.

Illustration for the English word “skate”

Example sentence

Every winter, the children love to skate on the frozen lake near their school.

Synonyms & related words

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