The meaning of Skates

noun

An ice skate or roller skate.

Usage examples:

Everyone was on skates

verb

Move on ice skates or roller skates in a gliding fashion.

Usage examples:

The boys were skating on the ice

verb

Pass over or refer only fleetingly to (a subject or problem).

Usage examples:

She seemed to skate over the next part of her story

verb

Make quick and easy progress through.

Usage examples:

He admits he had expected to skate through the system

noun

A typically large marine fish of the ray family with a cartilaginous skeleton and a flattened diamond-shaped body.

Usage examples:

The freshwater sawfish, a ray, is related to stingrays, skates, sharks, and other fishes with carti…

noun

An uncouth and disreputable man.

noun

A special shoe or boot with wheels for moving quickly over a smooth surface, or an ice skate (= shoe with a metal blade for sliding over ice)

Usage examples:

I caught my skates in a rut and fell., she skated over to me., skaters glided across the ice., she …