ski
ski [ski skis skied skiing ski-ing] noun, adjective, verb BrE [skiː] NAmE [skiː]
noun  (pl. skis)
1. 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
2. = ↑waterski
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
Example Bank:
•She was on a ski trip in Colorado.
•The children go to school on skis.
adjective only before noun
connected with the sport of skiing
•ski boots
•the ski slopes
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
verb (ski·ing, skied, skied)
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to move over snow on ↑skis, especially as a sport
•How well do you ski?
•We skied down the slope one by one.
2. go skiingintransitive to spend time ↑skiing for pleasure
•We went skiing in France in March.
see also ↑skiing, ↑waterski
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
mid 18th cent.: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skíth ‘billet, snowshoe’.
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