sky (noun)

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• sky — ► NOUN (pl. skies) 1) the region of the upper atmosphere seen from the earth. 2) literary heaven; heavenly power. ► VERB (skies, skied) informal ▪ hit (a ball) high into the air. ● the sky is …   English terms dictionary

• sky blue — noun Etymology: sky blue : a variable color averaging a pale to light blue called also celestial, ethereal blue * * * sky blue, adj. the color of the unclouded sky in daytime; azure. [1720 30] * * * sky blue noun Light blue like the sky • • • …   Useful english dictionary

• sky marshal — noun a person trained by the government in hijacking and terrorist tactics who (for security reasons) is a passenger aboard an airline flight • Syn: ↑air marshal • Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act • Hypernyms: ↑marshal …   Useful english dictionary

• sky surfing — noun The sport of free falling from an aeroplane with a modified surfboard attached to the feet, which is used to ride the air currents • • • Main Entry: ↑sky * * * sky surfing UK US noun [uncountable] a sport that involves jumping from an… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, vast, wide ▪ open ▪ We slept under the open sky. ▪ empty ▪ bright …   Collocations dictionary

• sky wave — noun a radio wave that is reflected back to earth by the ionosphere or a communications satellite; permits transmission around the curve of the earth s surface • Hypernyms: ↑radio wave, ↑radio emission, ↑radio radiation • Hyponyms: ↑ionospheric… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky sign — noun : a usually electric display sign on top of a building * * * sky sign noun An elevated advertising sign, eg a neon sign on a high building • • • Main Entry: ↑sky * * * sky sign, British. an advertisement, announcement, or direction, set up… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky´lark´er — sky|lark «SKY LAHRK», noun, verb. –n. a small bird of Europe and Asia that sings very sweetly as it flies toward the sky: »A more inexhaustible singer than the skylark does not exist (W. H. Hudson). –v.i. to play pranks; frolic: »The children… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky|lark — «SKY LAHRK», noun, verb. –n. a small bird of Europe and Asia that sings very sweetly as it flies toward the sky: »A more inexhaustible singer than the skylark does not exist (W. H. Hudson). –v.i. to play pranks; frolic: »The children were… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky|scape — «SKY SKAYP», noun. 1. a view of the sky: »It was the unbroken horizon which impressed me … and the skyscapes which it afforded (Robert Southey). 2. a picture or representation of part of the sky: »The landscape and skyscape in the background are… …   Useful english dictionary

• sky — noun (plural skies) (often the sky) the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth. ↘literary heaven, or heavenly power. verb (skies, skying, skied) informal hit (a ball) high into the air. Phrases the sky is the limit there is… …   English new terms dictionary