sky
part of speech
noun (the sky, skies)
meaning for a pupil
1) The space above the Earth where you see clouds, the Sun, the Moon and the stars. tree →
2) The weather or look of it: blue skies, grey skies. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science: the sky looks blue in the day because air scatters blue sunlight more; at sunset it turns red and orange; at night we see stars and planets. Looking at the sky helps forecast weather (dark clouds mean rain). Never look straight at the Sun. Phrases: in the sky, blue sky, night sky, clear sky, the sky's the limit, skyscraper, sky-high.
examples
- The sky is blue today. tree →
- Birds fly across the sky. tree →
- At night the sky is full of stars. tree →
- Dark clouds filled the sky before the storm. tree →
- The sky turned pink at sunset. tree →
- Skyscrapers are very tall buildings. tree →
- We hope for clear skies on sports day. tree →
- Prices went sky-high. tree →
- Little by little the sky cleared. tree →
note
Usually «the sky». Plural «skies» (y → ies) is used for weather: sunny skies. «The sky's the limit» means there is no limit. The sky is not a solid roof; it is air and space.
In the corpora
- So common questions, like why the sky is blue, get good answers, because thousands of people have explained them well.
- Big flat brushes suit skies and backgrounds; small round brushes with a pointed tip suit details.
- An old Scandinavian folk story said lemmings fell from the sky in storms, because they appeared so suddenly in boom years.
- Birds crash into windows because they see reflected trees and sky, and stickers on the glass break up the reflection.
- Young sunflowers turn to follow the sun across the sky, then swing back east at night.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sky» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.