sky

The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the surface of the Earth as the place where the sun, moon, stars, and clouds are seen.

• That year, a meteor fell from the sky.

With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.

• I lay back under a warm Texas sky.
• We’re not sure how long the cloudy skies will last.

Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.archaicliterarypoetic

• This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.

Ellipsis of sky blue.abbreviationalt-ofellipsis

• But yet methinks, thoſe knots of Sky, do not / So well with the dead colour of her Face.

The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.

In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.informalobsoleterare

A cloud.obsolete

To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.informaltransitive

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.datedinformaltransitive

• The artists—I mean the younger brood, and not the Brother Academicians who "skied" his pictures—were the first and the most enthusiastic in his [George Fuller's] praise.

To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).datedslangtransitive

• In ‘skying’ a coin for the purpose of deciding a point at issue between two parties, two methods are in vogue: there is either the ‘slow torture’ of spinning the coin thrice, the decision to go against the tosser-up, if the other party, twi

To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.transitive

To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.transitive

• Hernandez [i.e., Félix Hernández] walked the bases loaded, then fell behind 3–1 in the count to Bobby Abreu, who then skied the next pitch to left for a sacrifice fly.

To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.transitive

• He laid on the two best chances, both wasted by Pratt, who skied one and stubbed his toe on the other.
• Van Persie [i.e., Robin van Persie] skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.

To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.obsoletetransitive

• All of a sudden he appeared as a third competitor, skied the Flying Scud with four fat bids of a thousand dollars each, and then as suddenly fled the field, remaining thenceforth (as before) a silent, interested spectator.

To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).intransitive

To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.intransitive

To raise an oar too high above the water.intransitive

A disagreeable person; an enemy.UKobsoleteslang