"Skates" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Nouns
1. A flat slab of wood, man-made flooring equipment placed over a pair of wheels, used for gliding on ice or other smooth surfaces.
2. A toy or game where a flat object is placed on wheels that allows children to go skating or balance.
3. Footwear for ice skating, consisting of a boot attached to a flat, horizontal blade.
4. Shafts of wood or metal placed on wheels to be used under central roller blades on ice for figure skating.
5. (Baseball) A player who covers first or third base.
6. (Informal) One who arrives at the workplace late.
To move on ice or a skateboard using your blades or wheels by gliding on the ground while balancing.