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sky
[ skahy ]
noun
- the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth:
airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.
- the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault.
- the supernal or celestial heaven:
They looked to the sky for help.
- the climate:
the sunny skies of Italy.
- Obsolete. a cloud.
verb (used with object)
- Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air.
- Informal. to hang (a painting) high on a wall, above the line of vision.
verb phrase
- Falconry. (of prey, when flushed) to fly straight upward.
sky
/ 첹ɪ /
noun
- sometimes plural the apparently dome-shaped expanse extending upwards from the horizon that is characteristically blue or grey during the day, red in the evening, and black at night celestialempyrean
- outer space, as seen from the earth
- often plural weather, as described by the appearance of the upper air
sunny skies
- the source of divine power; heaven
- informal.the highest level of attainment
the sky's the limit
- to the skieshighly; extravagantly
verb
- rowing to lift (the blade of an oar) too high before a stroke
- informal.tr to hit (a ball) high in the air
sky
- The atmosphere, as seen from a given point on the Earth's surface. The sky appears to be blue because the wavelengths associated with blue light are scattered more easily than those that are associated with the other colors.
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- l adjective
- l adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of sky1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sky1
Idioms and Phrases
- out of a / the clear sky, without advance notice or warning; abruptly: Also out of athe clear blue sky.
An old beau phoned her out of a clear sky.
- to the skies, with lavishness or enthusiasm; extravagantly: Also to the sky.
to praise someone to the skies.
More idioms and phrases containing sky
In addition to the idiom beginning with sky , also see blow sky-high ; out of a clear blue sky ; pie in the sky reach for the sky .Example Sentences
The 42-year-old said the absence of information led him to looking at the sky to see if planes were still flying.
"My grandparents fought in the war and because of that today we can look at the sky and see an airplane and we don't feel scared, like they did," says the 20-year-old college student.
"It was just crumbling. It flew miles into the sky and all the smoke that followed it," she said.
Under NOAA, which was established by President Richard Nixon in 1970, the lab advanced early forecasting, using sensors in the oceans and the sky.
"No place is safe. When we have jet fighters flying in the sky… you never know what will come falling from the sky."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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