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Definition of 'sky'English
Alternative forms
* skie (obsolete)
Noun
(skies)
(lb) A cloud.
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
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The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
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*:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
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*:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky .
Heaven.
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Usage notes
Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.
Synonyms
* firmament
* heaven
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Derived terms
( top2)
* ( l)
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( mid2)
* ( l)
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( bottom)
Related terms
* skylark
* the sky's the limit
* reach for the sky
Verb
(sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
* {{quote-news
|year=2011
|date=January 22
|author=Ian Hughes
|title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan
|work=BBC
citation
|page=
|passage=Van Persie skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.}}
(colloquial|dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
* The Century
- Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
(colloquial) to drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container
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