ski

noun

/skiː/

(plural skis)

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one of a pair of long narrow pieces of wood, metal or plastic that you attach to boots so that you can move smoothly over snow
- a pair of skis
- All skis should be waxed on a frequent basis.
- on skis The children go to school on skis.
Topics Sports: other sportsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- alpine
- backcountry
- cross-country
- …
… of skis
- pair
verb + ski
- put on
- remove
- take off
- …
ski + noun
- pole
- stick
- boot
- …
preposition
- on skis
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(also waterski)
either of the pair of long flat boards on which a person stands in order to waterski

Word Originmid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.

adjective

/skiː/

[only before noun]

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verb

/skiː/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they ski	/skiː/ /skiː/
he / she / it skis	/skiːz/ /skiːz/
past simple skied	/skiːd/ /skiːd/
past participle skied	/skiːd/ /skiːd/
-ing form skiing	/ˈskiːɪŋ/ /ˈskiːɪŋ/

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[intransitive] to move over snow on skis, especially as a sport
- Our children want to learn to ski.
- ski + adv./prep. How well do you ski?
- We skied down the slope one by one.
- We ski in the winter and sail in the summer.
Topics Sports: other sportsa2
go skiing
[intransitive] to spend time skiing for pleasure
- We went skiing in France in March.