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sky

sky
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [skahy]
    • /skaɪ/
    • /skaɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [skahy]
    • /skaɪ/

Definitions of sky word

  • noun plural sky the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies. 1
  • noun plural sky the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault. 1
  • noun plural sky the supernal or celestial heaven: They looked to the sky for help. 1
  • noun plural sky the climate: the sunny skies of Italy. 1
  • noun plural sky Obsolete. a cloud. 1
  • verb with object sky Informal. to raise, throw, or hit aloft or into the air. 1

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Origin of sky

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, cognate with Old English scēo cloud

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sky

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sky popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sky usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sky

noun sky

  • afterworld — a world inhabited after death
  • arcadia — a department of Greece, in the central Peloponnese. Capital: Tripolis. Pop: 91 326 (2001). Area: 4367 sq km (1686 sq miles)
  • atmosphere — A planet's atmosphere is the layer of air or other gases around it.
  • canaan — an ancient region between the River Jordan and the Mediterranean, corresponding roughly to Israel: the Promised Land of the Israelites
  • fairyland — the imaginary realm of fairies.

verb sky

  • barged — a capacious, flat-bottomed vessel, usually intended to be pushed or towed, for transporting freight or passengers; lighter.
  • curvet — a low leap with all four feet off the ground
  • lollop — British Dialect. to loll; lounge.
  • jump — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.

adj sky

  • beryl — a white, blue, yellow, green, or pink mineral, found in coarse granites and igneous rocks. It is a source of beryllium and is sometimes used as a gemstone; the green variety is emerald, the blue is aquamarine. Composition: beryllium aluminium silicate. Formula: Be3Al2Si6O18. Crystal structure: hexagonal
  • blue — Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
  • blue-green — a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum.
  • cerulean — a deep blue colour; azure
  • cobalt — Cobalt is a hard silvery-white metal which is used to harden steel and for producing a blue dye.

Antonyms for sky

noun sky

  • alluvia — a deposit of sand, mud, etc., formed by flowing water.
  • alluvium — a fine-grained fertile soil consisting of mud, silt, and sand deposited by flowing water on flood plains, in river beds, and in estuaries
  • boonies — The boonies are the same as the boondocks.
  • champaign — an expanse of open level or gently undulating country
  • continents — one of the main landmasses of the globe, usually reckoned as seven in number (Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica).

adj sky

  • avantgarde — the advance group in any field, especially in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods.

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