sky

Study(33)

/skaɪ/

noun 6verb 5name 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

big, huge

open

On clear nights, you can see thousands of stars in the open sky.

empty

bright, clear, cloudless, sunny

On our vacation, we enjoyed a clear sky perfect for stargazing every night.

QUANT

patch

After the storm passed, a patch of clear sky appeared above the trees.

VERB + SKY

light up

The lightning lit up the night sky during the terrible storm.

patrol

SKY + VERB

clear (up), lighten

After the storm passed, the sky gradually lightened and the sun came back out.

cloud over, darken, turn grey, etc.

be streaked with sth

The evening sky was streaked with pink and orange as the sun went down.

PREP

across the ~

A flock of birds flew across the sky during our afternoon walk in the park.

against the ~

The silhouette of the tall building stood dark against the bright sky.

beneath/under a ~

Children played in the park beneath a clear blue sky on a warm summer afternoon.

from/out of the ~

A beautiful rainbow appeared from the sky after the heavy rain stopped.

in the ~

Birds flew in the sky above the beach while we watched from below.

~ above

Birds flew across the bright blue sky above our heads as we walked through the park.

~ over

Clouds gathered over the sky as the storm approached our town yesterday.

PHRASES

high/low in the sky

The moon was high in the sky when we arrived at the beach that night.

the sky above/overhead

We watched the clouds drift slowly across the sky above us.

take to the skies

Definitions

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.

That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

For beſides the groues, / The skyes, the fountaines, euery region neare / Seeme all one mutuall cry. I neuer heard / So muſicall a diſcord, ſuch ſweete thunder.

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.

I lay back under a warm Texas sky.

We’re not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.

Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.

This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.

Now am I dead, now am I fled, my ſoule is in the sky.

Ellipsis of sky blue.

But yet methinks, thoſe knots of Sky, do not / So well with the dead colour of her Face.

[W]hy, / Brother, I have beſpoke Dinner, and engag'd / Mr. Rake-hell, the little ſmart Gentleman I have / Often promis'd thee to make thee acquainted / Withal, to bring a whole Bevy of Damſels / In Sky, and Pink, and Flame-colour'd Taffeta's.

The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.

verb

To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.

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.

The artists—I mean the younger brood, and not the Brother Academicians who "skied" his pictures—were the first and the most enthusiastic in his [George Fuller's] praise.

To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).

In ‘skying’ a coin for the purpose of deciding a point at issue between two parties, two methods are in vogue: there is either the ‘slow torture’ of spinning the coin thrice, the decision to go against the tosser-up, if the other party, twice out of the three times, guesses right on which side the coin shall fall; or, the ‘sudden death’ method in which one toss is decisive; […]

To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.

To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.

Hernandez [i.e., Félix Hernández] walked the bases loaded, then fell behind 3–1 in the count to Bobby Abreu, who then skied the next pitch to left for a sacrifice fly.

noun

A disagreeable person; an enemy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — throw or toss with a light motion

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

the sky is the limit

Nothing is impossible or out of reach.

If you have a refrigerator and a microwave at work, then the sky is the limit for what you can put in your lunchbox.

pie in the sky

A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept; the illusory promise of a desired outcome that is unlikely to happen.

Don't you think I have anything better to do than go scrambling around hundreds of square miles of the toughest wilderness in the state looking for pie in the sky?

reach for the sky

To aim for the best possible outcome.

Far better to start modestly and grow gradually than to reach for the sky with grand plans that could only end in the collapse of the institution.

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails

Cirrus clouds forebode bad weather.

mackerel sky and mare's-tails make lofty ships carry low sails

Alternative form of mackerel sky and mare's-tails make tall ships carry low sails.

Example Bank

That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

Wiktionary

For beſides the groues, / The skyes, the fountaines, euery region neare / Seeme all one mutuall cry. I neuer heard / So muſicall a diſcord, ſuch ſweete thunder.

Wiktionary

His wearie ghoſt aſſoyld from fleſhly band, / Did not as others wont, directly fly / Vnto her reſt in Plutoes grieſly land, / Ne into ayre did vaniſh preſently, / Ne chaunged was into a ſtarre in sky:

Wiktionary

The artists—I mean the younger brood, and not the Brother Academicians who "skied" his pictures—were the first and the most enthusiastic in his [George Fuller's] praise.

Wiktionary

Hernandez [i.e., Félix Hernández] walked the bases loaded, then fell behind 3–1 in the count to Bobby Abreu, who then skied the next pitch to left for a sacrifice fly.

Wiktionary

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, sky is marked as archaic, literary, informal, dated, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

Your note

not saved

0 chars