Synonyms for skating
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skeyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : skeɪt |
Définition of skating
Origin :- "type of flat, cartilaginous fish, a kind of ray," mid-14c., from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse skata "skate," Danish skade, Faeroese skøta, of unknown origin.
- verb slide
- I had particular attention paid to Helen's skating on that very account.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- This very snow-storm, which has spoiled my skating, was packed up there.
- Extract from : « The Paradise of Children » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I had not skated with her for a week, but now we'd been skating for nearly an hour.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- He was a consummate master in the art of skating—that was evident.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- The boys have swept the snow off the pond and are skating furiously.
- Extract from : « Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ » by Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes
- All too soon for the boys, the skating on the river came to an end.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Snowshoe Island » by Edward Stratemeyer
- "I was hoping we'd get skating before it snowed," put in Songbird.
- Extract from : « The Rover Boys on the Farm » by Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)
- To none of these was I more passionately addicted than to skating.
- Extract from : « Evenings at Donaldson Manor » by Maria J. McIntosh
- They were pleased to find that there was no one else skating; in fact, they had it all to themselves.
- Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke
- Periwinkle and Pearl were also there, taking their first skating lesson.
- Extract from : « Pearl and Periwinkle » by Anna Graetz
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