Meanings
skies1
- pluralplural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere.
"And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]"
1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 232 more examples
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Falling Upwards: How We Took to the Air by Richard Holmes – review”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022, page 36The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.
2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022 - pluralplural of skie.
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of sky
skies2
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of ski
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skies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skies
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