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    skate
    I
    skate1 /skeɪt/ noun
     Sense 1-2,4
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Dutch
     Origin: schaats 'stilt, skate', from Old North French escache 'stilt'
     Sense 3
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old Norse
     Origin: skata
    1. [countable] one of a pair of boots with metal blades on the bottom, for moving quickly on ice
       SYN  ice skate
    2. [countable] one of a pair of boots or frames with small wheels on the bottom, for moving quickly on flat smooth surfaces
       SYN  roller skate
    3. [uncountable and countable] (plural skate or skates) a large flat sea fish that can be eaten
    4. get/put your skates on British English spoken used to tell someone to hurry:
        Put your skates on, or you’ll be late for school.

    II
    skate2 verb [intransitive]
    1. to move on skates:
        The children skated on the frozen pond.
    2. be skating on thin ice informal to be doing something that may get you into trouble
    —skater noun [countable]
         
    skate over/around something phrasal verb
      to avoid mentioning a problem or subject, or not give it enough attention:
        The President was accused of skating over the issue of the homeless.