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skied

1
[skeed]
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verb
  1. simple past tense of ski.

skied

2
[skahyd]
verb
  1. a simple past tense of sky.

ski

or skee

[skee]
noun, plural skis or, sometimes, ski.
  1. one of a pair of long, slender runners made of wood, plastic, or metal used in gliding over snow.
  2. water ski.
verb (used without object), skied, ski·ing.
  1. to travel on skis, as for sport.
verb (used with object), skied, ski·ing.
  1. to use skis on; travel on skis over: to ski the slopes of Switzerland.

Origin of ski

1745–55; < Norwegian; Old Norse skīth; cognate with Old English scīd strip of wood, German Scheit thin board
Related formsski·a·ble, adjective

sky

[skahy]
noun, plural skies. Often skies (for defs 1–4).
  1. the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
  2. the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault.
  3. the supernal or celestial heaven: They looked to the sky for help.
  4. the climate: the sunny skies of Italy.
  5. Obsolete. a cloud.
verb (used with object), skied or skyed, sky·ing.
  1. Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air.
  2. Informal. to hang (a painting) high on a wall, above the line of vision.
Verb Phrases
  1. sky up, Falconry. (of prey, when flushed) to fly straight upward.
Idioms
  1. out of a/the clear sky, without advance notice or warning; abruptly: An old beau phoned her out of a clear sky.Also out of a/the clear blue sky.
  2. to the skies, with lavishness or enthusiasm; extravagantly: to praise someone to the skies.Also to the sky.

Origin of sky

1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, cognate with Old English scēo cloud
Related formssky·less, adjectivesky·like, adjective
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Related Words for skied

plummet, skip, dive, drop, bound, bounce, surge, take, hop, fall, vault, top, quiver, barge, rattle, pop, hurdle, shake, trip, caper

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British Dictionary definitions for skied

skied

1
verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of sky

skied

2
verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of ski

ski

noun plural skis or ski
    1. one of a pair of wood, metal, or plastic runners that are used for gliding over snow. Skis are commonly attached to shoes for sport, but may also be used as landing gear for aircraft, etc
    2. (as modifier)a ski boot
  2. a water-ski
verb skis, skiing, skied or ski'd
  1. (intr) to travel on skis
Derived Formsskiable, adjectiveskier, nounskiing, noun

Word Origin for ski

C19: from Norwegian, from Old Norse skith snowshoes; related to Old English scīd piece of split wood

sky

noun plural skies
  1. (sometimes plural) the apparently dome-shaped expanse extending upwards from the horizon that is characteristically blue or grey during the day, red in the evening, and black at nightRelated adjectives: celestial, empyrean
  2. outer space, as seen from the earth
  3. (often plural) weather, as described by the appearance of the upper airsunny skies
  4. the source of divine power; heaven
  5. informal the highest level of attainmentthe sky's the limit
  6. to the skies highly; extravagantly
verb skies, skying or skied
  1. rowing to lift (the blade of an oar) too high before a stroke
  2. (tr) informal to hit (a ball) high in the air
Derived Formsskylike, adjective

Word Origin for sky

C13: from Old Norse skӯ; related to Old English scio cloud, Old Saxon skio, Old Norse skjār transparent skin
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Word Origin and History for skied

ski

n.

1883 (there is an isolated instance from 1755; in early use often spelled skee), from Norwegian ski, related to Old Norse skið "long snowshoe," literally "stick of wood, firewood," cognate with Old English scid "stick of wood," obsolete English shide "piece of wood split off from timber;" Old High German skit, German Scheit "log," from Proto-Germanic *skid- "to divide, split," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Ski-jumper is from 1894; ski bum first attested 1960; ski-mask is from 1963; noted as part of criminal disguises from 1968.

sky

n.

c.1200, "a cloud," from Old Norse sky "cloud," from Proto-Germanic *skeujam "cloud, cloud cover" (cf. Old English sceo, Old Saxon scio "cloud, region of the clouds, sky;" Old High German scuwo, Old English scua, Old Norse skuggi "shadow;" Gothic skuggwa "mirror"), from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)).

Meaning "upper regions of the air" is attested from c.1300; replaced native heofon in this sense (see heaven). In Middle English, the word can still mean both "cloud" and "heaven," as still in the skies, originally "the clouds." Sky-high is from 1812; phrase the sky's the limit is attested from 1908. Sky-dive first recorded 1965; sky-writing is from 1922.

ski

v.

1885, from ski (n.). Related: Skied; skiing.

sky

v.

"to raise or throw toward the skies," 1802, from sky (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
skied in Science

sky

[skī]
  1. The atmosphere, as seen from a given point on the Earth's surface. The sky appears to be blue because the wavelengths associated with blue light are scattered more easily than those that are associated with the other colors.
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Idioms and Phrases with skied

sky

In addition to the idiom beginning with sky

, also see

  • blow sky-high
  • out of a clear blue sky
  • pie in the sky

reach for the sky.

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