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sky

[ skahy ]

noun

plural skies.
  1. the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth:

    airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.

  2. the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault.
  3. the supernal or celestial heaven:

    They looked to the sky for help.

  4. the climate:

    the sunny skies of Italy.

  5. Obsolete. a cloud.


verb (used with object)

skied or skyed, skying.
  1. Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air.
  2. Informal. to hang (a painting) high on a wall, above the line of vision.

verb phrase

  1. Falconry. (of prey, when flushed) to fly straight upward.

sky

/ 蝉办补瑟 /

noun

  1. 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
  2. outer space, as seen from the earth
  3. often plural weather, as described by the appearance of the upper air

    sunny skies

  4. the source of divine power; heaven
  5. informal.
    the highest level of attainment

    the sky's the limit

  6. to the skies
    highly; extravagantly
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. rowing to lift (the blade of an oar) too high before a stroke
  2. informal.
    tr to hit (a ball) high in the air
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

sky

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉办测藢濒颈办别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉办测顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 蝉办测顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sky1

First recorded in 1175鈥1225; Middle English, from Old Norse 蝉办测虅 鈥渃loud,鈥 cognate with Old English 蝉肠脓辞 鈥渃濒辞耻诲鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of sky1

C13: from Old Norse 蝉办盈; related to Old English scio cloud, Old Saxon skio, Old Norse 蝉办箩腻谤 transparent skin
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. 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.

  2. 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 .
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Example Sentences

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"No place is safe. When we have jet fighters flying in the sky鈥 you never know what will come falling from the sky."

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An image from Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday showed a helicopter flying through a sky blackened by smoke to drop water on the disaster-struck area, AFP reported.

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On Sunday, the rain will give way to partly cloudy skies, with temperatures in L.A. warming up to the low 60s.

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Captain Callum McGregor believes the "sky is the limit" for this team under Rodgers, but what is left for Celtic to achieve?

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"We're just in the interest of finding out who else is here on the spinning ball of juice in the sky, you know, whizzing through the galaxy at millions of miles an hour."

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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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