skate

I

(Roget's IV) v.

Syn. slide, glide, skim, slip, skid, go quickly, race, ice skate, roller skate.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.

slide, glide, glissade, roller-skate, rollerblade, ice skate, figure skate.

WORD FIND

figure skating

• arena: rink

• dance: free dance

• figure of three circles: serpentine

• figure of two circles: figure eight

• flying spin: Arabian

• flying spin ending in back camel: flying camel

• glide with one skate pointing forward, the other back: spread eagle

• jump and splitting apart of legs: split, stag

• jump of one and a half revolutions: axel

• jump of one revolution: Lutz

• jump of three and a half revolutions: triple axel

• jump of two and a half revolutions: double axel

• jump split and touching of toes: Russian split

• jump started off a back inside edge and ended on opposite foot: Salchow

• machine that resurfaces ice: Zamboni

• moves executed to the sound of music: freestyle, free skating

• pair move in which man lifts woman overhead with her legs split: hydrant lift

• pair move in which woman is revolved with head held near ice: death spiral

• propelling oneself over the ice: stroking

• spin in an arabesque position: camel

• spin with one leg held high overhead: Bielmann spin

• turn forward to back: choctaw