sky
/skaɪ/ verb C2- To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
- To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
- To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
- To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
- To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
- To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
- To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
- To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
He/she/it skies · Past skied · Past participle skied · -ing form skying
Verb forms
- Base form
- sky
- He/she/it
- skies
- Past
- skied
- Past participle
- skied
- -ing form
- skying
From the library
“Good-bye!” shouted everyone, and all eyes were turned upward to where the Wizard was riding in the basket, rising every moment farther and farther into the sky.
A glance from her window assured her that the day would be fine, for the eastern sky behind the firs of the Haunted Wood was all silvery and cloudless.
Uncle Henry sat upon the doorstep and looked anxiously at the sky, which was even grayer than usual.
Dorothy stood in the door with Toto in her arms, and looked at the sky too.
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