SKIING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skiing mean? 

• SKIING (noun)
  The noun SKIING has 1 sense:

1. a sport in which participants must travel on skis

  Familiarity information: SKIING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sport in which participants must travel on skis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("skiing" is a kind of...):

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Meronyms (parts of "skiing"):

traversal; traverse (taking a zigzag path on skis)

Domain member category:

piste (a ski run densely packed with snow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skiing"):

cross-country skiing (the sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill))

ski jumping (the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope)

Derivation:

ski (move along on skis)

 Context examples 

The snow TENG has the potential to recognize movement patterns when cross-country skiing, which is a feature not yet available in fitness wearables and smart watches.

(Nanogenerator Creates Electricity from Snowfall, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Or go skiing in rugged mountains and enter a gorgeous winter wonderland. (Snow is frozen water, of course, so snow, too, is ruled by Pisces.)

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Or go skiing in rugged mountains and enter a gorgeous winter wonderland.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You could even meet in a resort, such as if you were to go skiing with friends, or if you live in a warm climate below the equator (where it is summer now), you might try renting a cottage by the turquoise sea where other singles go to relax.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)