As a Noun: 1. Shoes with a metal blade attached to them that you wear when you move about or slide on a surface covered with ice. English = ice skates. 2. A sport in which you move or slide about on a flat surface covered in ice on special shoes with a metal blade attached to them. English = ice-skating. 3. Shoes with small wheels on the bottom, in a line down the centre. English = roller blades. As a Verb or Adjective: 1. To ice-skate, to roller-blade, to skate.