First Known Use: 13th century
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1sky
noun \ˈskī\
: the space over the Earth where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds appear
plural skies
Full Definition of SKY
1
: the upper atmosphere or expanse of space that constitutes an apparent great vault or arch over the earth
2
: heaven 2
3
a : weather in the upper atmosphere b : climate <temperate English skies — G. G. Coulton>
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Origin of SKY
Middle English, cloud, sky, from Old Norse skȳ cloud; akin to Old English scēo cloud
Related to SKY
2sky
verb
skied or skyedsky·ing
Definition of SKY
transitive verb
1
chiefly British : to throw or toss up : flip
2
: to hang (as a painting) above the line of vision
3
: to hit (a ball) high into the air
intransitive verb
: to jump high <sky for a rebound>
First Known Use of SKY
1802
SKY Defined for Kids
sky
noun \ˈskī\
plural skies
Definition of SKY for Kids
1
: the stretch of space over the earth
Word History of SKY
English owes a number of words to Old Norse, the language of the Viking raiders and settlers who came to England in the eighth to tenth centuries. The word sky, for example, though it dates to the Middle Ages, has its nearest relatives in modern Scandinavian languages (Danish and Swedish sky, “cloud”) rather than in Old English. Other common words borrowed from Old Norse are crawl, egg, kid, leg, root, seem, take, wing, and wrong.
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