sky

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Related terms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Verb 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.1.1.1 Synonyms 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Inflection 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Noun 2.4 Etymology 4 2.4.1 Verb 3 Norwegian 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Synonyms 3.2 Noun 3.3 Verb 4 Scots 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Noun 4.2.1 Derived terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Etymology 1 5.2.1 Noun 5.3 Etymology 2 5.3.1 Noun 5.4 Etymology 3 5.4.1 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• skie (obsolete)

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse ský (“‘cloud’”) (= Old English scēo), from Proto-Germanic *skeujam (“‘cloud, cloud cover’”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu- (“‘to cover, conceal’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /skaɪ/, SAMPA: /skaI/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aɪ

[edit] Noun

sky (plural skies)

1. (obsolete) A cloud.
2. The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.

   That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

3. The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.

   I lay back under a warm Texas sky.

   We're not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.

4. Heaven.

   This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.

5. Also used to represent pornographic material.

[edit] Usage notes

Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

[edit] Synonyms

• firmament
• heaven

[edit] Related terms

• skylark
• the sky's the limit
• reach for the sky

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[edit] Verb

to sky (third-person singular simple present skies, present participle skying, simple past and past participle skyed)

1. (sports) to hit or throw (a ball) extremely high

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

Possibly from Middle Low German schūwe, schū.

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sky (inflexible)

1. shy

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• bly
• genert

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse ský.

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sky c. (singular definite skyen, plural indefinite skyer)

1. cloud

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[edit] Etymology 3

From French jus, from Latin ius (“‘gravy, broth, sauce’”).

[edit] Noun

sky c. (singular definite skyen, not used in plural form)

1. gravy, stock (a kind of soup)
2. jelly (made of gravy)

[edit] Etymology 4

Possibly from Middle Low German schūwen.

[edit] Verb

sky (imperative sky, present skyr or skyer, past skyede, past participle skyet)

1. To shun

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Adjective

sky (masculine sky; feminine sky; neuter sky; plural sky; comparative mer sky; superlative mest sky)

1. shy

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• blyg
• sjenert

[edit] Noun

sky m. (definite singular skyen; indefinite plural skyer; definite plural skyene)

1. (countable) cloud
2. (countable) sky

[edit] Verb

1. To despise.

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse ský.

[edit] Noun

sky (plural skies)

1. sky

   It's a fair braw sky we'v got the nicht. It's quite a beautiful sky we've got tonight.

2. daylight (especially at dawn)

   A wis up afore the sky. I was up before sunrise.

3. skyline, outline against the sky (especially of a hill)

   He saw the sky o a hill awa tae the west. He saw the outline of a hill in the west.

[edit] Derived terms

• sky-goat
• sky laverock

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Etymology 1

Cf. English sky.

[edit] Noun

sky c. (pl. skyar, def sing skyn, def pl skyarna)

1. (countable) heaven
2. (countable) sky

[edit] Etymology 2

Corrupted from the French jus.

[edit] Noun

sky

1. (uncountable, cooking) The liquid that remains in a frying pan after the fried meat is ready.

[edit] Etymology 3

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[edit] Verb

sky

1. avoid due to fear or disgust, shun