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[learningspirit]

I have a question about the noun "run" here:


"I relaxed while the others took a ski run down the Le Conte Glacier then joined them as they were returning."


I cannot find a good dictionary definition that fits this usage. The closest definition is running with two feet. Yet, "run" as used in the example seems to mean sliding down a slope on a pair of skis. Could it be technical jargon?

 

[MikeNewYork]

It is completely understandable. I would place a comma after Glacier.

 

[learningspirit]

@MikeNewYork

Is there a dictionary definition for this usage of "run"?

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ski+run

 

[learningspirit]

@MikeNewYork

That definition refers to the structure for skiing. The "ski-run" in the phrase "take a ski-run" refers to the activity of skiing.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Yes, skiing down a ski run. This is what we do.

 

[learningspirit]

@MikeNewYork

But, in "take a run down the slope", the "run" refers to an activity (of running). Yet you claim that in "take a ski-run down the slope", "ski-run" refers to a structure?

 

[MikeNewYork]

OK. Have it your way. Then your original sentence was wrong. Happy now?

 

[Rover_KE]

Is there a dictionary definition for this usage of "run"?

run

n8
a slope that you can slide down, usually on skis

I started on the beginners’ run.

(Macmillan)

 

[emsr2d2]

"to take a run" doesn't have to involve using your feet, in plimsolls, pounding the pavement. I can take a run out in the car. I can take a run down a ski slope. I am not "running" in the classic sense of the word in either case. I have skied for years and I can assure that you "a ski run" is the piste on which people ski and also an instance of skiing down a particular run.

Whilst not wrong, I find the original sentence a little unnatural. I would use "I relaxed while the others skied the Conte Glacier ...", "I relaxed while the others skied down the Conte Glacier ..." or "I relaxed while the others did the Conte Glacier run ...".

 

[Rover_KE]

I cannot find a good dictionary definition that fits this usage.

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