skies

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skies

[skahyz]

–noun

1.	pl. of sky.

–verb

2.	3rd pers. sing. pres. of sky.

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sky

[skahy]

noun, plural skies, verb skied or skyed, sky⋅ing.

–noun Often, skies (for defs. 1–4).

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)

6.	Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air.

7.	Informal. to hang (a painting) high on a wall, above the line of vision.

—Verb phrase

8.	sky up, Falconry. (of prey, when flushed) to fly straight upward.

—Idioms

9.	out of a or the clear sky, without advance notice or warning; abruptly: An old beau phoned her out of a clear sky. Also, out of a or the clear blue sky.

10.	to the skies, with lavishness or enthusiasm; extravagantly: to praise someone to the skies. Also, to the sky.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME < ON skȳ cloud, c. OE scēo cloud

Related forms:

skyless, adjective

skylike, adjective

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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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skies (skīz)

n. Plural of sky.
v. Third person singular present tense of sky.

sky (skī)

n. pl. skies (skīz)

The expanse of air over any given point on the earth; the upper atmosphere as seen from the earth's surface.
The appearance of the upper atmosphere, especially with reference to weather. Often used in the plural: Threatening skies portend a storm.
The celestial regions; the heavens: stars in the southern sky.
The highest level or degree: reaching for the sky.

tr.v. skied (skīd), sky·ing, skies (skīz)

To hit or throw (a ball, for example) high in the air.
To hang (a painting, for example) high up on the wall, above the line of vision.

[Middle English, from Old Norse skȳ, cloud; see (s)keu- in Indo-European roots.]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary

sky

in.
to travel (to somewhere) in an airplane. : I decided to sky down to Orlando for the weekend.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sky

c.1220, "a cloud," from O.N. sky "cloud," from P.Gmc. *skeujam "cloud, cloud cover" (cf. O.E. sceo, O.S. scio "cloud;" O.H.G. scuwo, O.E. scua, O.N. skuggi "shadow;" Goth. skuggwa "mirror"), from PIE base *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)). Meaning "upper regions of the air" is attested from c.1300; replaced native heofon in this sense (see heaven). In M.E., the word can still mean both "cloud" and "heaven," as still in the skies, originally "the clouds." Sky-high is from 1818; phrase the sky's the limit is attested from 1920. Sky-dive first recorded 1965; sky-writing is from 1923.

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