Sky Skaɪ Clouds Sun Early Noun Suddenly Dark

• the sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain.
• what's that in the sky?
• the sun was shining brightly and there was not a single cloud in the sky.
• white clouds moved swiftly across the sky.

sky

1. the space above the earth that you can see when you look up, where clouds and the sun, moon and stars appear
• SEE ALSO blue-sky
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• The sky suddenly went dark and it started to rain.
• What's that in the sky?
• The sun was shining brightly and there was not a single cloud in the sky.
• White clouds moved swiftly across the sky.
• the night sky
• a cloudless sky
• cloudless skies
• a land of blue skies and sunshine
• Clear skies could well mean temperatures plummeting tonight.
• A crowd had gathered in the square under an overcast sky.
• meteors falling from the sky
• The skies above London were ablaze with a spectacular firework display.

Extra Examples

• Astronomers scan the night skies for asteroids.
• Black clouds spread across the sky.
• Flocks of flamingoes fill the sky.
• Some vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies (= flying) at this weekend's fair.
• The afternoon sky turned orange.
• The eagle was black against the early morning sky.
• The rain stopped and the skies cleared.
• We slept under the open sky.
• the vast desert skies
• to patrol the skies over the Atlantic
• The early morning sun rose into the sky.
• The moon is a little higher in the sky now.
2. used to refer to where a particular person is imagined to go when they die or a thing when it is no longer working, similar to the place they were connected with on earth
• Their pet rabbit had gone to the great rabbit hutch in the sky.
3. an event that somebody talks about that seems very unlikely to happen
• This talk of moving to Australia is all just pie in the sky.
4. to praise somebody/something a lot
• Her manager praised her to the skies.
5. there is no limit to what somebody can achieve, earn, do, etc.
• With a talent like his, the sky's the limit.

Word Origin

• Middle English (also in the plural denoting clouds), from Old Norse ský ‘cloud’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.