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Skate vs Skateless - What's the difference?

skate | skateless |

As a verb skate

is .

As an adjective skateless is

without skates.

skate

English

Etymology 1

.

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • abbreviated form of ice skate or roller skate
  • The act of skateboarding
    • There's time for a quick skate before dinner.
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating
    • The boys had a skate every morning when the lake was frozen.

    Verb

    (skat)
  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates.
  • To skateboard
    • Derived terms
    * get one's skates on * roller-skate * skateboard * skate on thin ice * skatepark * skater

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) skata.

    Noun

    (wikipedia skate) (en noun)
  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays]]) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding , and wide [[fin#Noun, fins attached to a flat body.

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies ----

    skateless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without skates.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=September 23, author=Winter Miller, title=Last Actress Standing, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=On a Wednesday night after a typical performance, featuring a flying Pegasus and a romance with a hunky mortal, Ms. Butler stood skateless (and leg-warmer-less) in a black strapless cocktail dress and black sandals that added two inches to her slight 5-foot-2 frame. }}