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noun ADJ. big, huge | open We slept under the open sky. | empty | bright, clear, cloudless, sunny a week of cloudless skies | cloudy, dull, overcast, sullen | starry | azure, black, blue, dark/darkening, grey, pale, leaden | night, morning, etc. | autumn, January, etc. | northern, southern, etc. QUANT. patch a patch of blue sky VERB + SKY light up The fireworks lit up the sky. | patrol SKY + VERB clear (up), lighten The rain stopped and the skies cleared. | cloud over, darken, turn grey, etc. | be streaked with sth The sky was streaked with gold. PREP. across the ~ Black clouds spread across the sky. | against the ~ The eagle was black against the early morning sky. | beneath/under a ~ a ship tossing under a darkening sky | from/out of the ~ A strange object dropped out of the sky. | in the ~ There was a kite high up in the sky. | ~ above A helicopter appeared in the sky above them. | ~ over patrolling the skies over the Channel PHRASES high/low in the sky when the sun is low in the sky | the sky above/overhead Swallows darted about in the sky overhead. | take to the skies (= to go into the sky) Some vintage aircraft will be taking to the skies at this weekend's fair.
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sky
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sky
blue
• The sky was blue and the sun was shining.
grey
British English , gray AmE:
• Rain was starting to fall from the grey sky.
dark/black
• Fireworks burst up into the dark sky.
cloudy/dull/overcast
(= with clouds )
• Cloudy skies were forecast.
bright/clear/cloudless
(= without clouds )
• The sun rose higher in the cloudless sky.
azure
literary (= bright blue )
• The sun shone out of a clear azure sky.
leaden/lowering
literary (= with a lot of grey cloud )
• The leaden skies cleared and the sun came out.
a starry sky
(= with a lot of stars )
• We had dinner on the terrace under a beautiful starry sky.
the darkening sky
(= becoming darker )
• Benjamin stared up at the darkening sky.
the lightening sky
(= becoming lighter )
• A plane flew across the lightening sky.
the night/evening/morning sky
• The moon is the brightest object visible in the night sky.
the summer/winter sky
• Her eyes were as blue as the summer sky.
the open sky
(= a large area of sky )
• They lay on the ground under the open sky.
a big sky
(= a sky that looks large )
• Montana is still a land of big skies.
verbs
the sky darkens
• The sky darkened and thunder rolled in from the west.
the sky clouds over
(= clouds appear )
• The sky was beginning to cloud over.
the sky clears
(= the clouds disappear )
• By dawn the sky had cleared.
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