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How to pronounce sky
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What does sky mean?
nounThe 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.”
Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
“This mortal has incurred the wrath of the skies.”
verbTo 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).
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