Skate vs. Scate — What's the Difference?

An ice skate, roller skate, or inline skate.

Obsolete form of skate

(Informal) A skateboard.

Obsolete form of skate

The act or a period of skating or skateboarding

See Skate, for the foot.

Any of various cartilaginous fishes chiefly of the family Rajidae, having a flattened body with greatly expanded pectoral fins that extend around the head, and laying eggs enclosed in hard cases.

A fellow; a person.

A decrepit horse; a nag.

To glide or move along on skates.

To move or progress in a smooth, easy, or unconcerned manner

To ride or perform tricks on a skateboard.

A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.

Abbreviation of ice skate

Abbreviation of roller skate

The act of skateboarding

The act of roller skating or ice skating

A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body.

A worn-out horse.

A mean or contemptible person.

To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.

To skateboard.

(skiing) To use the skating technique.

(slang) To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty.

To move smoothly and easily.

(skiing) Pertaining to the technique of skating.

A metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, - made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.

Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose.

To move on skates.

Sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along on wheels and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs

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

Move along on skates;