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WATER SKI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Broad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("water ski" is a kind of...):
ski (narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used in pairs for gliding over snow)
Derivation:
water ski (ride water skis)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ride water skis
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "water ski" is one way to...):
ski (move along on skis)
"Water ski" entails doing...:
plane; skim (travel on the surface of water)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
water ski (broad ski for skimming over water towed by a speedboat)
water-skiing (skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat)
