ski
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
Etymology: From Norwegian ski, from Old Norse skíð (“stick of wood, snowshoe”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”) (see also shed). Cognate with Old English sċīd (“stick of wood”) (modern shide), Old High German skit (Modern German Scheit (“log”)).
Inflected forms:
form: skis
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: skis
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skiing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: skied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: skied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
pos: noun
examples: Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.
We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.
Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang. Chinese officials consider the region the cradle of Alpine sport, after cave paintings of hunters on skis were dated at 10,000 years old. Locals still use hand-carved wooden skis covered in a horsehide, although mostly now for the benefit of tourists.
gloss: One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
pos: noun
gloss: A trip made by skiing.
pos: noun
examples: to go for a ski
gloss: To move on skis.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Townsend hare inhabit this area, particularly above the cabin, and a skier is likely to have one explode from a tree well and disappear into the whiteness as he skis by. Life is a constant bivouac for them -- they spend days huddled in tree wells during storms -- but I suspect they are as content and warm in their luxurious coats as we are in a cabin.
We skied back the way we had come for about thirty minutes when I saw her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.
gloss: To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps
Derived words: biski
cross-country ski
downhill-ski
dualski
heliski
heli-ski
hydroski
jet ski
jet-ski
miniski
mono-ski
monoski
nonski
outski
over one's skis
sit-ski
sitski
skiability
skiathlon
skiathon
ski ballet
ski bazaar
skiboard
ski boat
ski boot
ski box
ski bum
ski bunny
ski cap
skicross
ski cross
ski dance
skidance
skier
skifield
ski hat
skiing
ski jump
ski-jump
ski jumper
ski jumping
ski-jump nose
ski jump nose
skiless
ski lift
skilike
ski lodge
ski mask
skimo
skimobile
skinoe
ski-nose
ski nose
ski orienteering
ski patrol
ski patroller
skiplane
ski pole
ski-ramp nose
ski ramp nose
ski resort
ski-resort
skirod
ski run
ski school
ski skating
ski skin
ski slope
ski slope nose
ski-slope nose
skister
ski stick
ski-through
ski-thru
ski tow
ski track
ski wax
skiway
skiwear
ski whiff
skurf
skurfing
surf ski
turf ski
uniski
water ski
wave ski
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