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# skateboard

noun (a skateboard, skateboards); verb (skateboard, skateboards, skateboarded, skateboarding)

«skateboard» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A skateboard is a narrow board with four small wheels, which you stand on and ride by pushing with one foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#m1)
2. To skateboard means to ride a skateboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety lessons skateboarding needs a helmet, knee and elbow pads, and a safe place away from traffic. Skateboarding is also an Olympic sport. Phrases: «ride a skateboard», «skateboard park», «skate park», «do tricks».

### Examples

- I got a skateboard for my birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x1)
- Wear a helmet when you skateboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x2)
- We go skateboarding at the skate park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x3)
- He can do a trick on his skateboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x4)
- Don't skateboard on the busy road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x5)
- Her skateboard has green wheels. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x6)
- Skateboarding became an Olympic sport. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/#x7)

### Note

Countable as a noun. Person: skateboarder. Informally «skate». Safety: helmets and pads, no riding near traffic or down steep hills, and check your board's wheels.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «skateboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skateboard/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«skateboard» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skateboard.html) on Mova free.