ski

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to move over snow on skis

   We love to ski in the mountains every winter.

2. 2
   noun

   one of a pair of long narrow runners fixed to boots for gliding over snow

   He clipped his boots into his skis at the top of the slope.

Common collocations

• ski jumper Noun + noun

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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