skied
- 1Simple past and past participle of ski.
They skied the steepest run on the mountain before lunch.
By the time he retired, he had skied on four continents.
Note
One spelling, two verbs: the same letters also serve as the past of sky, so context decides whether someone went down a slope or sent a ball upward (the "sky" verb). The skiing verb works with or without an object (they skied the black run; she skied every winter), and one form covers both the past tense and the participle after have: had skied, has skied.
- 2SKYD/skaɪd/Simple past and past participle of sky.
The batsman skied the ball straight to a waiting fielder.
He had skied his clearance, and the wind carried it out of bounds.
Note
Every use of the verb behind this form takes an object: a batsman skies the ball, a jumper skies the bar, and a curator once skied a painting by hanging it near the ceiling. The sporting senses are the live ones. The picture-hanging and coin-flipping uses are dated, and skying the bids at auction is obsolete. Without an object, readers will hear skiing instead (the skiing past tense).
skied is a form of ski
ski, verb: To move over snow or water on skis. Full entry
- Spelling
- ski → skied: add -ed
skied is a form of sky
sky, verb: In ball games, to hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high, often by mistake. Full entry
- Spelling
- sky → skied: change y to i, add -ed
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