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Antonyms for sky

Grammar : Noun
Spell : skahy
Phonetic Transcription : skaɪ

Definition of sky

Origin :
  • c.1200, "a cloud," from Old Norse sky "cloud," from Proto-Germanic *skeujam "cloud, cloud cover" (cf. Old English sceo, Old Saxon scio "cloud, region of the clouds, sky;" Old High German scuwo, Old English scua, Old Norse skuggi "shadow;" Gothic skuggwa "mirror"), from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (see hide (n.1)).
  • Meaning "upper regions of the air" is attested from c.1300; replaced native heofon in this sense (see heaven). In Middle English, the word can still mean both "cloud" and "heaven," as still in the skies, originally "the clouds." Sky-high is from 1812; phrase the sky's the limit is attested from 1908. Sky-dive first recorded 1965; sky-writing is from 1922.
  • noun earth's atmosphere
Example sentences :
  • They were fabled as seven sisters, and one lost her place in the sky by marrying a mortal.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • They made maps of the sky and they discovered the first five planets.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • He went on until the sun was low in the west and all the sky was rimmed with color.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Oceans and land and sky are avenues for our colossal commerce.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • She was a widow, and had loved her husband, and her sky was still tinged with grey.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Dick turned to the window, and stared at the mellow evening sky.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • There is still beauty of earth, sea, and sky, for beauty's sake.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The sky was still overcast, and the wet bushes were unavoidable.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
  • The sky and the sea were almost of the same color, and that not a beautiful one.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The sky was now clear, the air frosty, and my rags were but a scant protection to me.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson

Synonyms for sky

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