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sky
/skaɪ/
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What does sky mean?
noun
- The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.
- With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
- Ellipsis of sky blue.
More meanings (18)
noun
- The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
- (archaic, literary) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
- (informal, obsolete, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
- (obsolete) A cloud.
- (obsolete, slang) A disagreeable person; an enemy.
verb
- (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
- To raise an oar too high above the water.
- (dated, informal) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
- (dated, slang) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
- (obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A unisex given name from English.
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of Skye (“Scottish island”).
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IPA pronunciation
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He stood still and allowed her to get far ahead of him till he could only see her form upon the sky.
A violent explosion shook the air, and a spout of water, steam, mud, and shattered metal shot far up into the sky.
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Finally the morning dawned pearly and lustrous in a sky full of silver sheen and radiance, and the wonderful day had arrived.
Until late in the afternoon the Jungfrau’s aspect is that of a spotless desert of snow set upon edge against the sky.
In observing the full moon in a cloudless sky no one has failed to remark this brilliant point of the southern hemisphere.