FIGURE SKATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does figure skate mean? 

• FIGURE SKATE (noun)
  The noun FIGURE SKATE has 1 sense:

1. an ice skate worn for figure skating; has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade

  Familiarity information: FIGURE SKATE used as a noun is very rare.

• FIGURE SKATE (verb)
  The verb FIGURE SKATE has 1 sense:

1. dance on skates

  Familiarity information: FIGURE SKATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIGURE SKATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ice skate worn for figure skating; has a slightly curved blade and a row of jagged points at the front of the blade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("figure skate" is a kind of...):

ice skate (skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole)

• FIGURE SKATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dance on skates

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "figure skate" is one way to...):

skate (move along on skates)

"Figure skate" entails doing...:

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "figure skate"):

spread-eagle (execute a spread eagle on skates, with arms and legs stretched out)

Sentence frame:

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