Another word for sky
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Noun
The celestial regions as seen from the earth
- A distinctive quality or appearance; an aura:
- The general environment or condition, as in attitudes and ideas:
- Air conditioning.
- The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.
- The sky, viewed poetically as a solid arch or vault
- Any of the places in or beyond the sky conceived of as domains of divine beings in various religions.
- The sky or universe as seen from the earth; the firmament.
- The space surrounding or seeming to overarch the earth, in which the sun, moon, and stars appear; sky; firmament
- The vault of heaven; the sky.
- (Archaic) The vault of heaven, the sky, or the upper air
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Verb
To rise abruptly and precipitously
- To soar or rise rapidly:
- To move swiftly and powerfully, as a rocket
- To convey in a rocket
- To rise or cause to rise rapidly and suddenly:
- To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
- To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
- To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:
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Another word for sky
Noun
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- The vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky.
- The sky, viewed poetically as a solid arch or vault
- Sky blue or any similar blue color
- (Heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
- The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
- (Physics) A unit of pressure equal to the air pressure at sea level. It equals the amount of pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 millimeters high at 0 degrees Celsius under standard gravity, or 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.01325 × 105 pascals).
- An aesthetic quality or effect, especially a distinctive and pleasing one, associated with a particular place:
- An interesting, often exotic, effect produced by decoration, furnishings, etc.
- The vault of heaven; the sky.
- (Archaic) The vault of heaven, the sky, or the upper air
- The sky; the celestial vault; firmament
- Among the ancients, the sphere of pure light or fire
- The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light.
Idioms:
out of a clear (blue) sky
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