About The Word Sky
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Sky Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Sky?
[n] outer space as viewed from the earth
[v] throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sky: flip | pitch | toss Related Terms | Find terms related to Sky: See Also | blue | blue air | blue sky | cloud | Earth | entity | fling | globe | lag | mackerel sky | physical thing | rainbow | submarine | throw back | toss back | wild blue yonder | world Sky In Webster's Dictionary \Sky\ (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a
cloud, Icel. sk[=y]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[=u]a,
sc[=u]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root
as E. scum. [root]158. 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.] |
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