Толковый словарь английского языка - skate
Skate
skate
I. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Middle English scate, from Old Norse skata Date: 14th century any of a family (Rajidae, especially genus Raja) of rays with the pectoral fins greatly developed giving the fish a flat diamond shape, II. noun see: shake Date: 1684 1. 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 ice, roller ~ , ice ~ , a period of skating, III. verb (~d; skating) Date: 1696 intransitive verb to glide along on ~s propelled by the alternate action of the legs, to slip or glide as if on ~s, to proceed in a superficial or blithe manner, transitive verb to go along or through by skating, IV. noun Etymology: probably alteration of English dialect skite an offensive person Date: 1894 a thin awkward-looking or decrepit horse ; nag , fellow 4c
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 each of a pair of steel blades (or of boots with blades attached) for gliding on ice. 2 (in full roller skate) each of a pair of metal frames with small wheels, fitted to shoes for riding on a hard surface. 3 a device on which a heavy object moves. --v. 1 a intr. move on skates. b tr. perform (a specified figure) on skates. 2 intr. (foll. by over) refer fleetingly to, disregard. Phrases and idioms get one's skates on Brit. sl. make haste. skate on thin ice colloq. behave rashly, risk danger, esp. by dealing with a subject needing tactful treatment. skating-rink a piece of ice artificially made, or a floor used, for skating. Derivatives skater n. Etymology: orig. scates (pl.) f. Du. schaats (sing.) f. ONF escace, OF eschasse stilt 2. n. (pl. same or skates) any cartilaginous marine fish of the family Rajidae, esp. Raja batis, a large flat rhomboidal fish used as food. Etymology: ME f. ON skata 3. n. sl. a contemptible, mean, or dishonest person (esp. cheap skate). Etymology: 19th c.: orig. uncert. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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