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SKY
sky
(noun) the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
flip, toss, sky, pitch
(verb) throw or toss with a light motion; “flip me the beachball”; “toss me newspaper”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sky (plural skies)
The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
Heaven.
Ellipsis of sky blue.
(mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
(colloquial, dated) In an art gallery, the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen.
(obsolete) A cloud.
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
• lift
• (the set of lightlike lines) celestial sphere
Verb
sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skying, simple past and past participle skyed or skied)
(sports) To hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
(sports) To clear (a hurdle, high jump bar, etc.) by a large margin.
(colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
• The Century
(colloquial) To drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container.
Anagrams
• KYS, YKS, YSK, Yks., kys
Etymology
Proper noun
Sky
A surname.
A unisex given name from English.
Anagrams
• KYS, YKS, YSK, Yks., kys
Source: Wiktionary
Sky, n.; pl. Skies. Etym: [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc, sc, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. sq. root158. See Scum, and cf. Hide skin, Obscure.]
1. A cloud. [Obs.] [A wind] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. Chaucer.
2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.] She passeth as it were a sky. Gower.
3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural. The Norweyan banners flout the sky. Shak.
4. The wheather; the climate. Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. Shak.
Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky- born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc. Sky blue, an azure color.
– Sky scraper (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form. Totten.
– Under open sky, out of doors. "Under open sky adored." Milton.
Sky, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skied or Skyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skying.]
1. To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen. [Colloq.] Brother Academicians who skied his pictures. The Century.
2. To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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