Examples of “skate” in a Sentence

verb To glide over ice or a hard surface wearing skates.

• The children skated across the frozen pond all afternoon.
• I love to skate along the seafront on a quiet morning.
• He learned to skate on the indoor rink every Saturday.

verb To avoid serious consequences for something you clearly did wrong.

• He skated on the charge thanks to a technicality.
• The manager seemed likely to skate even though everyone knew what he had done.
• Don't think you can skate through this just because nobody saw you.

noun A flat-bodied fish related to rays, found on the seabed in most oceans.

• The trawler brought in a large skate along with the cod.
• The fishmonger had a fresh skate wing on the counter this morning.
• A skate lay flat and almost hidden on the sandy seabed.