ice skating
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1.0
- noun
- /aɪs ˈskeɪtɪŋ/
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- I always wanted to try ice skating on the frozen lake near my house.
- ice skating rink
- go ice skating
- ice skating championship
All my years in New York I've wanted to do this but never done it, which is going ice skating in Central Park.
- All my years in New York I've wanted to do this but never done it, which is going ice skating in Central Park.
- You'll you'll have a flirt, you'll go ice skating, you'll throw snowballs, build a little snowman.
- It it going back to the ice skating rink analogy, it would be like if you took a rake and you just raked the ice and scuffed it up.
- I was very young when I did ice skating and maybe I didn't.
- I learned skating when I was eight years ice skating.
Examples
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The first big crush I ever had only lasted for an afternoon at an ice skating rink.
Fiction book (2000) -
"It's perfect weather for ice skating.
Fiction book (1994) -
I always wanted to go ice skating.
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When she was smaller, I used to take her ice skating.
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Last night he showed up at the house and took me ice skating.
Fiction book (1994) -
When have you ever gone ice skating?
Fiction book (2000) -
Why is ice skating always harder than I remember it?
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I have to take the girls to ice-skating school.
Fiction book (2002) -
Before you know it, we'll be ice skating at Rockefeller Plaza.
Fiction book (2000) -
After getting skates, guests enter the ice skating rink.
Blog text (4)
Synonyms
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1.1
Moving on skates over ice or a smooth surface for sport and fun
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3.1
A sport where people skate on ice and do jumps, spins, and graceful moves
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3.0
A sport where people race on ice skates around an oval track to get the fastest time
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Morphology
The meaning 'the activity of moving on ice using ice skates' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'ice' (frozen surface) with 'skating' (moving on skates). This compound follows a regular noun+gerund composition common across languages and English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Ice skating shows the picture of wearing skates and gliding over ice. Skating is the word for sliding on blades fixed to shoes, and people first did this to travel or to play on frozen ponds. That's why ice skating means 'moving on ice using ice skates' or the sport of doing that.