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Ski
Definitions
- 1 One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
"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."
- 2 narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow wordnet
- 3 One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
- 4 A trip made by skiing.
"to go for a ski"
- 1 To move on skis. intransitive
"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."
- 2 move along on skis wordnet
- 3 To travel over (a slope, etc.) on skis; to travel on skis at (a place), (especially as a sport). transitive
"We spent the winter holidays skiing the Alps"
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”)).
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”)).
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