WATER SKI

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)