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ski

   [skee] noun, plural skis, ski, verb, skied, ski·ing.
noun
1.
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
2.
water ski.
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verb (used without object)
3.
to travel on skis, as for sport.

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verb (used with object)
4.
to use skis on; travel on skis over: to ski the slopes of Switzerland.
Also, skee.

Origin:
1745–55; < Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board

Related forms
ski·a·ble, adjective
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ski (skiː)
 
—n , pl skis, ski
1.  a.  one of a pair of wood, metal, or plastic runners that are used for gliding over snow. Skis are commonly attached to shoes for sport, but may also be used as landing gear for aircraft, etc
 b.  (as modifier): a ski boot
2.  a water-ski
 
—vb , skis, ski, skis, skiing, skied, ski'd
3.  (intr) to travel on skis
 
[C19: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skith snowshoes; related to Old English scīd piece of split wood]
 
'skiable
 
—adj
 
'skier
 
—n
 
'skiing
 
—n

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ski
1885 (there is an isolated instance from 1755), from Norw. ski, related to O.N. skið "snowshoe," lit. "stick of wood," cognate with O.E. scid "stick of wood," obs. Eng. shide; O.H.G. skit, Ger. Scheit "log," from P.Gmc. *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE base *skei- "to cut, split" (see
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shed (v.)). The verb is 1893, from the noun. ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960.
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