Ski

Definitions

1. One of a pair of long flat runners designed for gliding over snow or water.
2. One of a pair of long flat runners under some flying machines, used for landing.
3. A trip made by skiing.

Equivalents

Examples

“Disaster at the newly opened ski resort where hard-driving tycoon Hudson is determined to double⟳ his not insubstantial investment while his ex-wife Mia is making whoopee with one of the locals championing ecology.”

“We skied back the way we had come⟳ for about thirty minutes when I saw⟳ her. Mary was hanging upside down by the tips of her skies from a tree well.”

“Yilamujiang grew up in Altay, a prefecture bordering Mongolia in far northwest Xinjiang. Chinese officials consider⟳ the region the cradle of Alpine sport, after cave paintings of hunters on skis were dated at 10,000 years old. Locals still use⟳ hand-carved wooden skis covered in a horsehide, although mostly now for the benefit of tourists.”

“to go for a ski”

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