sky
To drink from a container without one's lips touching the containerTo drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
» The sky is full of stars.
Der Himmel ist voller Sterne.
Der Himmel ist voll mit Sternen.
На небе полно звёзд.
Небо полно звёзд.
Небо повне зірок.
Meaning
10 senses(informal, transitive)To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
(dated, informal, transitive)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.
(dated, slang, transitive)To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
(transitive)To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
(transitive)To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
(transitive)To miss a goal by kicking the ball over the crossbar.
(intransitive)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.
(obsolete, transitive)To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
- throw or toss with a light motion
Examples
1272 sentencesThe sky is full of stars.
Небо повне зірок.
ruНа небе полно звёзд.
deDer Himmel ist voller Sterne.
He was looking at the sky.
Він дивився на небо.
ruОн смотрел на небо.
He looked up at the sky.
Він глянув на небо.
ruОн посмотрел вверх на небо.
deEr sah den Himmel.
She looked up at the sky.
Вона подивилася на небо.
ruОна посмотрела на небо.
deSie sah zum Himmel hinauf.
Were there any stars in the sky?
На небі були зірки?
ruНа небе были звёзды?
deWaren überhaupt Sterne am Himmel?
Origin
The noun is derived from Middle English sky (“sky; cloud; mist”), also spelled ski, skie,The noun is derived from Middle English sky (“sky; cloud; mist”), also spelled ski, skie, [and other forms], from Old Norse ský (“cloud”), from Proto-Germanic *skiwją (“cloud; sky”), from *skiwô (“cloud; cloud cover, haze; sky”) (whence Old English sċēo (“cloud”) and Middle English skew (“air; sky; (rare) cloud”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”).
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Forms
skies, skying, skied, skiedSynonyms
3 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
9 patterns- in the sky
- the sky is
- at the sky
- of the sky
- sky is blue
- sky is clear
- from the sky
- blue sky
- the sky has