Sky

[skaɪ]

Definition

(noun.) the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth.

Typist: Portia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A cloud.

(n.) Hence, a shadow.

(n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.

(n.) The wheather; the climate.

(v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.

(v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.

Typist: Moira

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Firmament, heavens, canopy of heaven, celestial expanse.

Typist: Willard

Definition

n. the apparent canopy over our heads: the heavens: the weather: the upper rows of pictures in a gallery.—v.t. to raise aloft esp. to hang pictures above the line of sight.—adjs. Sky′-blue blue like the sky; Sky′-born of heavenly birth.—n. Sky′-col′our the colour of the sky.—adjs. Sky′-col′oured blue azure; Skyed surrounded by sky; Sky′ey like the sky: ethereal; Sky′-high very high; Sky′ish (Shak.) like or approaching the sky lofty.—n. Sky′lark a species of lark that mounts high towards the sky and sings on the wing.—v.i. to engage in any kind of boisterous frolic.—ns. Sky′larking running about the rigging of a ship in sport: frolicking; Sky′-light a window in a roof or ceiling towards the sky for the admission of light; Sky′line the horizon; Sky′-par′lour a lofty attic; Sky′-pī′lot a clergyman.—adj. Sky′-plant′ed placed in the sky.—n. Sky′-rock′et a rocket that ascends high towards the sky and burns as it flies.—v.i. to move like a sky-rocket to rise and disappear as suddenly.—ns. Sky′sail the sail above the royal; Sky′scape a view of a portion of the sky or a picture of the same; Sky′-scrāp′er a sky-sail of a triangular shape: anything shooting high into the sky.—adj. Sky′-tinc′tured of the colour of the sky.—adv. Sky′ward toward the sky.

Typed by Ewing