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Meaning of sky in English

sky
noun
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/skaɪ/ us
/skaɪ/
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A2 [ S or U ]
the area above the earth, in which clouds, the sun, etc. can be seen:
a blue/cloudy/dark sky
in the sky Can you see those birds high up in the sky?
look up at/into the sky We looked up at/into the sky at the sound of the plane.
 
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skies [ plural ]
the sky in a particular state or place:
For weeks we had cloudless blue skies.
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Idiom

the sky's the limit
sky
verb [ T ]
  informal
uk/skaɪ/ us/skaɪ/
to kick or hit a ball high into the air:
He skied a shot over the bar from six yards.
He mis-timed the shot and skied the ball straight to a fielder.
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(Definition of sky from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

sky | American Dictionary

sky
noun
us
/skɑɪ/
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the area above the earth in which clouds, the sun, and the stars can be seen:
[ U ] White clouds dotted the sky.
[ pl ] They strolled beneath clear blue skies.

Idiom

the sky is the limit
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Examples of sky

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It is a mixture of commentary, topical essays (on angels and space, the elements, light, the sky, planets, spheres, heaven and earth) and source book.
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In this image, a parapet separates an outdoor porch or balcony from a background landscape of sky, trees, hills, and water.
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Days are rainy only when skies are cloudy, but rainy days do not make cloudy skies obligatory.
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Of course, once a balloon had taken off and reached a certain point in the sky, it became impossible to control who watched.
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This quite large paradigm of pairings is linked to a notion that the animals circulate between bird-form in the sky and fish-form in streams.
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If the sky is clear, the requirement is for a daylight factor of about 0.5% and direct sun must be excluded.
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It is worth commenting on the projected density of the habstars on the sky.
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The bird came to him from the east at night when dawn lighted the sky, and circled above him.
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But one can utter a sentence like (30a) as soon as storm clouds appear in the sky.
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Some images did not have borders between the sky and ground which may have introduced some bias against positive contrast.
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The authors suggest this was caused by the darkened skies of the post-impact world.
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The fourth painting was of a girl with golden hair and a sky-blue dress, sitting on the steps of an old archway.
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Thanks to the finite speed of light, it is still possible to look into the night sky and see stars that burned out years ago.
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The riders must ' ride forever on that range up in the sky'.
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Under a hot desert sky, a distant patch of dry road may be observed, though it appears wet.
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天，天空…
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天，天空…
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cielo, cielo [masculine, singular]…
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空, 天, 空（そら）…
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gök, gökyüzü…
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ciel…
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cel…
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lucht…
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obloha…
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trời, bầu trời…
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