skies

[ skahyz ]

/ skaɪz /

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noun

plural of sky.

verb

3rd person singular present of sky.

Words nearby skies

skidway, skiech, skied, skien, skier, skies, skiey, skiff, skiffle, skiing, skijoring

Definition for skies (2 of 2)

sky

[ skahy ]

/ skaɪ /

noun, plural skies. Often skies (for defs 1–4).

the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.

the heavens or firmament, appearing as a great arch or vault.

the supernal or celestial heaven: They looked to the sky for help.

the climate: the sunny skies of Italy.

Obsolete. a cloud.

verb (used with object), skied or skyed, sky·ing.

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

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

Verb Phrases

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

Origin of sky

1175–1225; Middle English < Old Norse skȳ cloud, cognate with Old English scēo cloud

OTHER WORDS FROM sky

sky·less, adjective sky·like, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for skies

We know that the skies are open season for all manner of drone traffic, from missile launchers to beer droppers.

Meet Our Animal Robot Overlords |James Joiner |December 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The crime-fighting penguins, says the trailer, are “masters of the skies, espionage, and aerial assault.”

Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life |Asawin Suebsaeng |November 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Every night, they emerge from their roosts, taking to the skies on silent wings.

Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved |Carrie Arnold |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was a high-tech attempt to smuggle in drugs and phones from the skies over a maximum-security facility.

What Was This Drone Doing Over a South Carolina Prison? |Melissa Leon |August 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Descriptions of armed soldiers and strange beasts galloping across the skies were not uncommon.

How the News Business Found Its Footing |Nick Romeo |June 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There is always more of rainbow than of storm in his skies; their darkest shadow is but a tragic twilight.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 4 |Various
They seem, those unhallowed pagan alcoves, mounting stage by stage toward the skies, like some blasphemous insinuation.

Summer Days in Shakespeare Land |Charles G. Harper
If the heathen began the nomenclature of the skies, pray let it be ended by Christians.

The World on Wheels and Other Sketches |Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor
A stream of images and pictures pour through his head, like skies chasing each other or forests running by.

A Miscellany of Men |G. K. Chesterton
The subject was well chosen and the material ample, and Procopius lost no opportunity of lauding his sovereign to the skies.

History of the Wars, Books I and II (of 8) |Procopius

British Dictionary definitions for skies

sky

/ (skaɪ) /

noun plural skies

(sometimes plural) the apparently dome-shaped expanse extending upwards from the horizon that is characteristically blue or grey during the day, red in the evening, and black at night Related adjectives: celestial, empyrean

outer space, as seen from the earth

(often plural) weather, as described by the appearance of the upper air sunny skies

the source of divine power; heaven

informal the highest level of attainment the sky's the limit

to the skies highly; extravagantly

verb skies, skying or skied

rowing to lift (the blade of an oar) too high before a stroke

(tr) informal to hit (a ball) high in the air

Derived forms of sky

skylike, adjective

Word Origin for sky

C13: from Old Norse skӯ; related to Old English scio cloud, Old Saxon skio, Old Norse skjār transparent skin

Scientific definitions for skies

sky

[ skī ]

The atmosphere, as seen from a given point on the Earth's surface. The sky appears to be blue because the wavelengths associated with blue light are scattered more easily than those that are associated with the other colors.

Idioms and Phrases with skies

sky

In addition to the idiom beginning with sky

, also see

blow sky-high
out of a clear blue sky
pie in the sky

reach for the sky.