ski

/skiː/ verb [I] (present participle skiing, past tense and past participle skied)

Definition

› to move over snow wearing skis

skier noun [C] skiing noun [U] › I'd like to go skiing in Switzerland. → See also water-skiing

(Definition of ski verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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