skies

See also: skiés

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -aɪz

Noun

skies

1. plural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere.
   • 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23:

     "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[.]"

   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     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; […].

2. plural of skie.

Verb

skies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sky

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skiːz/

Verb

skies

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ski

Anagrams

• Kises, Sikes, kisse, sikes

French

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Verb

skies

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of skier