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skate
noun
1 skate
Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs.
Roget 272:
vehicle,
conveyance,
carriage,
caravan,
van;
common carrier;
wagon,
waggon†,
wain,
dray,
cart,
lorry.
truck,
tram;
cariole,
carriole†;
limber,
tumbrel,
pontoon;
barrow;
wheel barrow,
hand barrow;
perambulator;
Bath chair,
wheel chair,
sedan chair;
chaise;
palankeen†,
palanquin;
litter,
brancard†,
crate,
hurdle,
stretcher,
ambulance;
black Maria;
conestoga wagon,
conestoga wain;
jinrikisha,
ricksha,
brett†,
dearborn [U.S.],
dump cart,
hack,
hackery†,
jigger,
kittereen†,
mailstate†,
manomotor†,
rig,
rockaway†,
prairie schooner [U.S.],
shay,
sloven,
team,
tonga†,
wheel;
hobbyhorse,
go-cart;
cycle;
bicycle,
bike,
two-wheeler;
tricycle,
velocipede,
quadricycle†.
equipage,
turn-out;
coach,
chariot,
phaeton,
break,
mail phaeton,
wagonette,
drag,
curricle†,
tilbury†,
whisky,
landau,
barouche,
victoria,
brougham,
clarence†,
calash,
caleche [Fr.],
britzka†,
araba†,
kibitka†;
berlin;
sulky,
desobligeant [Fr.],
sociable,
vis-a-vis,
dormeuse [Fr.];
jaunting car,
outside car;
dandi†;
doolie†,
dooly†;
munchil†,
palki†;
roller skates,
skate;
runabout;
ski;
tonjon†;
vettura†.
post chaise,
diligence,
stage;
stage coach,
mail coach,
hackney coach,
glass coach;
stage wagon,
car,
omnibus,
fly,
cabriolet†,
cab,
hansom,
shofle†,
four-wheeler,
growler,
droshki†,
drosky†.
dogcart,
trap,
whitechapel,
buggy,
four-in-hand,
unicorn,
random,
tandem;
shandredhan†,
char-a-bancs [Fr.].
motor car,
automobile,
limousine,
car,
auto,
jalopy,
clunker,
lemon,
flivver,
coupe,
sedan,
two-door sedan,
four-door sedan,
luxury sedan;
wheels [Coll.],
sports car,
roadster,
gran turismo [It],
jeep,
four-wheel drive vehicle,
electric car,
steamer;
golf cart,
electric wagon;
taxicab,
cab,
taxicoach†,
checker cab,
yellow cab;
station wagon,
family car;
motorcycle,
motor bike,
side car;
van,
minivan,
bus,
minibus,
microbus;
truck,
wagon,
pick-up wagon,
pick-up,
tractor-trailer,
road train,
articulated vehicle;
racing car,
racer,
hot rod,
stock car,
souped-up car.
bob,
bobsled,
bobsleigh†;
cutter;
double ripper,
double runner [U.S.];
jumper,
sled,
sledge,
sleigh,
toboggan.
train;
accommodation train,
passenger train,
express trail,
special train,
corridor train,
parliamentary train,
luggage train,
freight train,
goods train;
1st class train,
2nd class train,
3rd class train,
1st class carriage,
2nd class carriage,
3rd class carriage,
1st class compartment,
2nd class compartment,
3rd class compartment;
rolling stock;
horse box,
cattle truck;
baggage car,
express car,
freight car,
parlor car,
dining car,
Pullman car,
sleeping car,
sleeper,
dome car;
surface car,
tram car,
trolley car;
box car,
box wagon;
horse car [U.S.];
bullet train,
shinkansen [Jap.],
cannonball,
the Wabash cannonball,
lightning express;
luggage van;
mail,
mail car,
mail van.
shovel,
spool,
spatula,
ladle,
hod,
hoe;
spade,
spaddle†,
loy†;
spud;
pitchfork;
post hole digger.
[powered construction vehicles]
tractor,
steamshovel,
backhoe,
fork lift,
earth mover,
dump truck,
bulldozer,
grader,
caterpillar,
trench digger,
steamroller;
pile driver;
crane,
wrecking crane.
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Dutch: schaats
2 skate
Large edible rays having a long snout and thick tail with pectoral fins continuous with the head; swim by undulating the edges of the pectoral fins.
verb
1 skate
Move along on skates.
Roget 266:
travel,
journey,
course;
take a journey,
go a journey;
take a walk,
go out for walk
etc.
n.;
have a run;
take the air.
flit,
take wing;
migrate,
emigrate;
trek;
rove,
prowl,
roam,
range,
patrol,
pace up and down,
traverse;
scour the country,
traverse the country;
peragrate†;
circumambulate,
perambulate;
nomadize†,
wander,
ramble,
stroll,
saunter,
hover,
go one's rounds,
straggle;
gad,
gad about;
expatiate.
walk,
march,
step,
tread,
pace,
plod,
wend,
go by shank's mare;
promenade;
trudge,
tramp;
stalk,
stride,
straddle,
strut,
foot it,
hoof it,
stump,
bundle,
bowl along,
toddle;
paddle;
tread a path.
take horse,
ride,
drive,
trot,
amble,
canter,
prance,
fisk†,
frisk,
caracoler†,
caracole;
gallop
etc.
(move quickly)
274.
[start riding]
embark,
board,
set out,
hit the road,
get going,
get underway.
peg on,
jog on,
wag on,
shuffle on;
stir one's stumps;
bend one's steps,
bend one's course;
make one's way,
find one's way,
wend one's way,
pick one's way,
pick one's way,
thread one's way,
plow one's way;
slide,
glide,
coast,
skim,
skate;
march in procession,
file on,
defile.
go to,
repair to,
resort to,
hie to,
betake oneself to.
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