ski

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see also SPORT

- to move over the ground using skis: ski; the name for the sport: skiing (noun U)
Do you ski? (= do you know how to ski?)
We're going skiing this Christmas. ◎ a skiing holiday
- a person who skis (usually sb who skis quite well): skier
a professional skier
- a piece of land which people ski down: (ski) slope
a steep/gentle slope
- a piece of land specially prepared for people to ski down: ski run, piste
to ski off piste (= where the snow is deep and soft)
- a slope for beginners which is very small and easy to ski down: nursery slope
- a machine which carries people to the top of a slope: ski lift
- a slope without snow which is made of plastic, on which people practise skiing: dry ski slope, artificial ski slope
- down a slope from the top to the bottom: downhill; across the countryside: cross-country
I prefer cross-country skiing to downhill. ◎ a cross-country skier
- a race along a course in which competitors have to move from side to side between poles: the slalom
to take part in the slalom
- a platform which skiers jump off (especially in competitions): ski jump
- a person who teaches people to ski: ski instructor
- a place with hotels, slopes and ski instructors where people go on holiday to ski: ski resort