Skied

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /skiːd/

Definitions

1. To have participated in the recreational activity involving gliding on snow with specialized equipment
2. To have taken part in a sport that consists of moving swiftly over snow on long, narrow runners attached to boots
3. To have engaged in the sport of sliding down snow-covered slopes using long, thin boards secured to footwear

Etymology: "Skied" is simply the past tense and past participle of "ski", so its story is the story of the verb "ski". The noun "ski" entered English from Norwegian, where it originally meant a split piece of wood or a thin board, and the verb grew out of that noun, meaning to travel on skis. The past form "skied" follows the regular English pattern for verbs, which is why it looks like the past tense of "sky" as well. The apparent confusion with "sky" is coincidental. The two words are spelled and pronounced identically in the past tense, and that is the only reason they look connected. They come from unrelated sources, so a skier who "skied" down a slope has nothing in common, etymologically, with a plane that "skied" through the air, even though the two verbs sound the same in their past forms.

Synonyms: slalomed, snowboarded