skate

1a :  a metal frame that can be fitted to the sole of a shoe and to which is attached a runner or a set of wheels for gliding over ice or a surface other than iceb :  roller skate; especially :  in-line skatec :  ice skate

2 :  a period of skating

1 :  to glide along on skates propelled by the alternate action of the legs

2 :  to slip or glide as if on skates

3 :  to proceed in a superficial or blithe manner

:  to go along or through by skating

1 :  a thin awkward-looking or decrepit horse :  nag

2 :  fellow 4c

1 :  to glide along on skates

2 :  to slide or glide along They watched long-legged water-bugs skate over the glassy-still pools. — Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie

1 :  a metal blade fitting the sole of the shoe or a shoe with a permanently attached metal blade used for gliding on ice

2 :  roller skate

:  a flat fish related to the sharks that has large and nearly triangular fins