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# skater

«skater» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a skater, skaters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A skater is a person who moves on skates: ice skates, roller skates or inline skates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#m1)

2) A person who rides a skateboard (a skateboarder). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in sport and everyday life: figure skaters, speed skaters, ice hockey. In parks: skaters at the skate park. Safety: skaters wear helmets and pads. Science: skates slide because of low friction on ice.

### examples

- The skater spun round on the ice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x1)
- Skaters must wear helmets at the skate park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x2)
- She is a fast speed skater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x3)
- The skaters held hands as they went round the rink. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x4)
- My brother is a skater and practises tricks every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x5)
- The ice was too thin for skaters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/#x6)

### note

Countable. Made from skate + -r. Related: skating, skateboard, ice rink.

### In the corpora

- [Broken wrists are the most common injury for skaters, and wrist guards help prevent them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/6-skating-and-sports-safety/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «skater» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skater/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.