SKY
Dictionary entry overview: What does sky mean?
• SKY (noun)
The noun SKY has 1 sense:
1. the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
Familiarity information: SKY used as a noun is very rare.
• SKY (verb)
The verb SKY has 1 sense:
1. throw or toss with a light motion
Familiarity information: SKY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SKY (noun)
Meaning:
The atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("sky" is a kind of...):
atmosphere (the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body)
Meronyms (parts of "sky"):
cloud (a visible mass of water or ice particles suspended at a considerable altitude)
rainbow (an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sky"):
blue; blue air; blue sky; wild blue yonder (the sky as viewed during daylight)
mackerel sky (a sky filled with rows of cirrocumulus or small altocumulus clouds)
Holonyms ("sky" is a part of...):
Earth; globe; world (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)
• SKY (verb)
Meaning:
Throw or toss with a light motion
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pitch; sky; toss; flip
Context examples:
flip me the beachball / toss me newspaper
Hypernyms (to "sky" is one way to...):
fling (throw with force or recklessness)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sky"):
submarine (throw with an underhand motion)
lag (throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins)
throw back; toss back (throw back with a quick, light motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
The children sky the ball
