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verb
simple past tense of ski.
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verb
a simple past tense of sky.
noun
1.
one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
verb (used without object)
3.
to travel on skis, as for sport.
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
1745–55; < Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board
Related forms
ski·a·ble, adjective
noun Often, skies (for defs. 1–4).
1.
the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
2.
the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault.
3.
the supernal or celestial heaven: They looked to the sky for help.
4.
the climate: the sunny skies of Italy.
5.
Obsolete. a cloud.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase6.
Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air.
8.
Idiomssky up, Falconry. (of prey, when flushed) to fly straight upward.
9.
out of a/the clear sky, without advance notice or warning; abruptly: An old beau phoned her out of a clear sky. Also, out of a/the clear blue sky.
10.
to the skies, with lavishness or enthusiasm; extravagantly: to praise someone to the skies. Also, to the sky.
Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, cognate with Old English scēo cloud
1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, cognate with Old English scēo cloud
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sky·less, adjective
sky·like, adjective
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| skied2 (skiːd) | |
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| a past tense and past participle of ski | |
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Word Origin & History
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
EXPAND shed (v.)). The verb is 1893, from the noun. ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960.
sky
c.1220, "a cloud," from O.N. sky "cloud," from P.Gmc. *skeujam "cloud, cloud cover" (cf. O.E. sceo, O.S. scio "cloud;" O.H.G. scuwo, O.E. scua, O.N. skuggi "shadow;" Goth. skuggwa "mirror"), from PIE base *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). Meaning "upper regions
of the air" is attested from c.1300; replaced native heofon in this sense (see heaven). In M.E., the word can still mean both "cloud" and "heaven," as still in the skies, originally "the clouds." Sky-high is from 1818; phrase the sky's the limit is attested from 1920. Sky-dive first recorded 1965; sky-writing is from 1923.
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sky  (skī) Pronunciation Key
The atmosphere, as seen from a given point on the Earth's surface. The sky appears to be blue because the wavelengths associated with blue light are scattered more easily than those that are associated with the other colors. |
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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