sky /skaɪ/noun 8verb 10forms 4phrases 3 noun8 •the space high over the earth, where the sun, the moon and the stars can be seenThat year, a meteor fell from the sky. •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. •Ellipsis of sky blue.But yet methinks, those knots of Sky, do not / So well with the dead colour of her Face. — 1667 •The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time. •(literary, no longer used) 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. •(informal, no longer used) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung. •(no longer used) A cloud. •(slang, no longer used) A disagreeable person; an enemy. verb10 •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. — 2009 •To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.He laid on the two best chances, both wasted by Pratt, who skied one and stubbed his toe on the other. — 1977 •To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high. •(informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container. •To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane). •(slang, old-fashioned) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin). •To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin. •(informal, old-fashioned) 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. — 1883 •To raise an oar too high above the water. •(no longer used) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high. formsskied · skyed · skying · skies Phrases with sky blue-sky thinkingA form of thinking that is not grounded or in touch with the realities of the present, and can thus benefit from creative imagination. pie-in-the-skyLacking reality and serviceability. reach for the skySurrender (by putting your hands up)!
