sky
[noun]
Synonyms: heavens, firmament

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Related Idioms: the wild blue yonder
Related Words: azure, celestial sphere

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

Sky
⇒ see Sky TV

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sky S2 W2 /skaɪ/ noun (plural skies)
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse; Origin: 'cloud']

1. [singular, uncountable] the space above the earth where clouds and the sun and stars appear:
The sky grew dark, and a cold rain began to fall.
A shooting star sped across the night sky.
in the sky
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

2. skies [plural] a word meaning ‘sky’, used especially when describing the weather or what the sky looks like in a place:
a land of blue skies and warm sunshine
The skies were overcast, and it was chilly and damp.

3. the sky’s the limit spoken used to say that there is no limit to what someone can achieve, spend, win etc:
Francis believes the sky’s the limit for the young goalkeeper.
⇒ pie in the sky at pie(4), ⇒ praise somebody/something to the skies at praise¹(1)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

sky
noun
ADJ. big, huge | open We slept under the open sky.
empty | bright, clear, cloudless, sunny a week of cloudless skies
cloudy, dull, overcast, sullen | starry | azure, black, blue, dark/darkening, grey, pale, leaden | night, morning, etc. | autumn, January, etc. | northern, southern, etc.
QUANT. patch a patch of blue sky
VERB + SKY light up The fireworks lit up the sky.
patrol
SKY + VERB clear (up), lighten The rain stopped and the skies cleared.
cloud over, darken, turn grey, etc. | be streaked with sth The sky was streaked with gold.
PREP. across the ~ Black clouds spread across the sky.
against the ~ The eagle was black against the early morning sky.
beneath/under a ~ a ship tossing under a darkening sky
from/out of the ~ A strange object dropped out of the sky.
in the ~ There was a kite high up in the sky.
~ above A helicopter appeared in the sky above them.
~ over patrolling the skies over the Channel
PHRASES high/low in the sky when the sun is low in the sky
the sky above/overhead Swallows darted about in the sky overhead.
take to the skies (= to go into the sky) Some vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies at this weekend's fair.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sky

blue
The sky was blue and the sun was shining.
grey British English, gray AmE:
Rain was starting to fall from the grey sky.
dark/black
Fireworks burst up into the dark sky.
cloudy/dull/overcast (=with clouds)
Cloudy skies were forecast.
bright/clear/cloudless (=without clouds)
The sun rose higher in the cloudless sky.
azure literary (=bright blue)
The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.
leaden/lowering literary (=with a lot of grey cloud)
The leaden skies cleared and the sun came out.
a starry sky (=with a lot of stars)
We had dinner on the terrace under a beautiful starry sky.
the darkening sky (=becoming darker)
Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky.
the lightening sky (=becoming lighter)
A plane flew across the lightening sky.
the night/evening/morning sky
The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
the summer/winter sky
Her eyes were as blue as the summer sky.
the open sky (=a large area of sky)
They lay on the ground under the open sky.
a big sky (=a sky that looks large)
Montana is still a land of big skies.
the sky darkens
The sky darkened and thunder rolled in from the west.
the sky clouds over (=clouds appear)
The sky was beginning to cloud over.
the sky clears (=the clouds disappear)
By dawn the sky had cleared.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

sky
skaɪ
See: out of the blue or out of a clear sky or out of a clear blue sky , reach for the sky

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲