sky in English: The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are. (noun)

Translation

The space high above the earth that you see when you look up, where the sun, clouds, and stars are.

Word origin

From Old Norse sky, meaning cloud, which later came to mean the whole heavens.

Origin: Old Norse
Root: sky

Grammar

Gender

Pluralskies

Examples

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"Sky" is the space high above you when you look up.

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Here "sky" is the open space above the earth.

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"Skies" is the plural, used for the sky in more than one place or time.

Related words

sun

The bright star in the sky that gives the Earth light and heat during the day.

cloud

A white or grey shape in the sky made of tiny drops of water.

star

A small bright point of light that you see in the sky at night.

moon

The large round object that shines in the sky at night and moves around the earth.

light

Light is the brightness from the sun, a fire, or a lamp that lets us see things.

heaven

In many religions, the happy place above the sky where God lives and good people go when they die.

pilot

A person who flies a plane or a helicopter.

purple

Having the colour you get when you mix red and blue, like a plum or some flowers.

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