skate vs taxi

skate

verb
  • To move smoothly and easily. 

  • To use the skating technique. 

  • To get away with something; to be acquitted of a crime for which one is manifestly guilty. 

  • To move along a surface (ice or ground) using skates. 

  • To skateboard. 

noun
  • The act of roller skating or ice skating 

  • A worn-out horse. 

  • A mean or contemptible person. 

  • 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. 

  • A fish of the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea (rays) which inhabit most seas. Skates generally have small heads with protruding muzzles, and wide fins attached to a flat body. 

  • The act of skateboarding 

adj
  • Pertaining to the technique of skating. 

taxi

verb
  • To travel by taxicab. 

  • To move an aircraft on the ground under its own power. 

noun
  • A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, driven by a taxi driver. 

  • A share taxi. 

  • The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement. 

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