skynoun
uk/skaɪ/us/skaɪ/A2 [ S or U ] the area above the earth, in which clouds, the sun, etc. can be seen:
a blue/cloudy/dark sky
Can you see those birds high up in the sky?
We looked up at/into the sky at the sound of the plane.
skies [ plural ]
the sky in a particular state or place:
For weeks we had cloudless blue skies.
We're off to the sunny skies of Florida.
More examples
- We could see hundreds of stars in the clear desert sky.
- The sky was a perfect blue - not a cloud in sight.
- The sun climbed higher in the sky.
- The outline of the castle on the hill was clearly defined against the evening sky.
- The sky was alight with hundreds of fireworks.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The Earth & outer space - general words
- ablate
- biophilia
- cosmologist
- cosmology
- eolian
- ether
- evapotranspiration
- geo-
- geocentric
- globe
- heaven
- landslide
- macrocosm
- slide
- terra firma
- terrestrial
- the cosmos
- the mesosphere
- the troposphere
- universe
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Idiom(s)
the sky's the limit