skis

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of ski.

   He strapped on his skis at the top of the mountain.

   The rental shop had dozens of skis lined up against the wall.

   Note

   A regular -s plural that covers more than winter gear. Besides the runners strapped on for snow or water, skis are also the long flat runners some flying machines land on, and the word can count outings made by skiing. The same spelling serves as the verb's present form, so in he skis and his skis the word differs only in the job it does in the sentence.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of ski.

   He skis down the steepest runs without hesitation.

   Whenever it snows, she skis to the village for supplies.

   Note

   Here the -s marks a singular third-person subject (she skis, it skis), while bare ski serves every other person: I ski, you ski, they ski. The form keeps both constructions of the base verb. It can stand alone, as in she skis every winter, or take a slope or place as its object, as in he skis the north face. For the identical spelling on the noun side, see the plural of the runners.

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