Meaning of "skies" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SKIES

skies

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIES

Skies is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb skies in English.

WHAT DOES SKIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sky

The sky is everything that lies a certain distance above the surface of the Earth, including the atmosphere and outer space. In the field of astronomy, the sky is also called the celestial sphere. This is an imaginary dome where the sun, stars, planets, and the moon are seen to be traveling. The celestial sphere is conventionally divided into regions called constellations. Usually, the term sky is used from the point of view of the Earth's surface; however, the exact meaning of the term can vary. For example, in some cases the sky is defined as only the denser portions of the atmosphere. During daylight, the sky appears to be blue because air scatters blue sunlight more than it scatters red. At night, the sky appears to be a mostly dark surface or region scattered with stars. During the day, the Sun can be seen in the sky, unless obscured by clouds. In the night sky the moon, planets and stars are visible in the sky. Some of the natural phenomena seen in the sky are clouds, rainbows, and aurorae. Lightning and precipitation can also be seen in the sky during storms. Birds, insects, aircraft, and kites are often considered to fly in the sky.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SKIES

PRESENT

Present

I skies

you skies

he/she/it skieses

we skies

you skies

they skies

Present continuous

I am skiesing

you are skiesing

he/she/it is skiesing

we are skiesing

you are skiesing

they are skiesing

Present perfect

I have skiesed

you have skiesed

he/she/it has skiesed

we have skiesed

you have skiesed

they have skiesed

Present perfect continuous

I have been skiesing

you have been skiesing

he/she/it has been skiesing

we have been skiesing

you have been skiesing

they have been skiesing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I skiesed

you skiesed

he/she/it skiesed

we skiesed

you skiesed

they skiesed

Past continuous

I was skiesing

you were skiesing

he/she/it was skiesing

we were skiesing

you were skiesing

they were skiesing

Past perfect

I had skiesed

you had skiesed

he/she/it had skiesed

we had skiesed

you had skiesed

they had skiesed

Past perfect continuous

I had been skiesing

you had been skiesing

he/she/it had been skiesing

we had been skiesing

you had been skiesing

they had been skiesing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will skies

you will skies

he/she/it will skies

we will skies

you will skies

they will skies

Future continuous

I will be skiesing

you will be skiesing

he/she/it will be skiesing

we will be skiesing

you will be skiesing

they will be skiesing

Future perfect

I will have skiesed

you will have skiesed

he/she/it will have skiesed

we will have skiesed

you will have skiesed

they will have skiesed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been skiesing

you will have been skiesing

he/she/it will have been skiesing

we will have been skiesing

you will have been skiesing

they will have been skiesing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would skies

you would skies

he/she/it would skies

we would skies

you would skies

they would skies

Conditional continuous

I would be skiesing

you would be skiesing

he/she/it would be skiesing

we would be skiesing

you would be skiesing

they would be skiesing

Conditional perfect

I would have skies

you would have skies

he/she/it would have skies

we would have skies

you would have skies

they would have skies

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been skiesing

you would have been skiesing

he/she/it would have been skiesing

we would have been skiesing

you would have been skiesing

they would have been skiesing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you skies
we let´s skies
you skies

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to skies

Past participle

skiesed

Present Participle

skiesing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SKIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «skies» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of skies

azure · firmament · heavens · rangi · upper atmosphere · welkin

TRANSLATION OF SKIES

Find out the translation of skies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of skies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «skies» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 天空
• Translator English - Spanish: cielos
• English: skies
• Translator English - Hindi: आसमान
• Translator English - Arabic: السماء
• Translator English - Russian: небо
• Translator English - Portuguese: céus
• Translator English - Bengali: আকাশ
• Translator English - French: ciels
• Translator English - Malay: Langit
• Translator English - German: Himmel
• Translator English - Japanese: 空
• Translator English - Korean: 하늘
• Translator English - Javanese: Langit
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bầu trời
• Translator English - Tamil: விண்ணில்
• Translator English - Marathi: आकाश
• Translator English - Turkish: gökyüzü
• Translator English - Italian: cieli
• Translator English - Polish: niebiosa
• Translator English - Ukrainian: небо
• Translator English - Romanian: cer
• Translator English - Greek: ουρανούς
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skies
• Translator English - Swedish: skies
• Translator English - Norwegian: skies

10 QUOTES WITH «SKIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word skies.

1

Buzz Aldrin

We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.

2

Tom Allen

But like the rest of the country, Maine has reached an impasse, for most of the mercury that fouls our skies, waters and land comes from outside our borders.

3

Alan Bradley

My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon. They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.

4

Thomas Campbell

I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.

5

Bruce Catton

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.

6

Eleonora Duse

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

7

Duke Ellington

Gray skies are just clouds passing over.

8

Gustave Flaubert

I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.

9

Robert Frost

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.

10

Lev Grossman

Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not be suffering water damage in the basements of their authors' houses 20 years from now. But historically, anyway, that's not the way the novelistic ecology works.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIES»

Discover the use of skies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Blue Skies: A History of Cable Television

That set of utopian hopes became known as the "Blue Sky" vision of cable television, from which the book takes its title.

Patrick R. Parsons, 2008

Working the Skies: The Fast-paced, Disorienting World of the ...

Based on interviews with over sixty flight attendants, both female and male labor leaders, and and drawing upon his observations while flying across the country and overseas, Drew Whitelegg reveals a much more complicated profession, one ...

Drew Whitelegg, 2007

John Constable's Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

John Constable is arguably the most accomplished painter of English skies and weather of all time. For Constable, the sky was the keynote, the standard of scale and the chief organ of sentiment in a landscape painting.

John E. Thornes, John Constable, 1999

Fallen Skies: A Novel

Fallen Skies takes readers to post-World War I England in a suspenseful story about the marriage of a wealthy war hero and an aspiring singer he barely knows.

Philippa Gregory, 2008

Under African Skies: Modern African Stories

Spanning a wide geographical range, this collection features many of the now prominent first generation of African writers and draws attention to a new generation of writers.

Charles Larson, 2011

Blood Skies

There, in that haven of renegade undead, Cross will discover the dark origins of magic, and the true meaning of sacrifice... Experience a dark and deadly new world in the debut novel of the "Blood Skies" series from author Steven Montano.

Steven Montano, 2011

Under Western Skies: Nature and History in the American West

For decades, the story of the American West has been told as a glorious tale of conquest and rugged individualism--the triumph of progress.

Donald Worster, 1992

Many Skies: Alternative Histories of the Sun, Moon, Planets, ...

Assesses the changes in science, theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought about and examines the various ways in which such human interference as ...

Arthur R. Upgren, 2005

Skies to Conquer: A Year Inside the Air Force Academy

But this is not a book about strategy, policy, or politics; it's the story of young, soon-to-be and never-to-be officers and their education, a balanced and empathetic account of how authority is built, bestowed, earned, and undermined in ...

Diana Jean Schemo, 2010

Stormy Skies: Airlines in Crisis

". Stormy Skies captures the key issues that determine a viable airline industry in an increasingly globalised world and calls for more radical business thinking to ensure that mistakes are avoided in future.

Professor Paul Clark, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skies is used in the context of the following news items.

Sunny skies, hot temps on tap for North Alabama today

Expect mostly clear skies Sunday night, with a low around 73. Looking ahead to Monday, skies will be sunny, with a high near 95, while Monday night will be ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

Eruptions of Ash at 5 Volcanoes Shroud Skies in Indonesia

Eruptions of ash at five volcanoes shrouded the skies over parts of the Indonesian archipelago Wednesday, forcing three airports to close. Mount Raung on Java ... «ABC News, Jul 15»

Forecast: sunny skies to start the week

GRAND RAPIDS, MI-- The start of the week looks like it will be beautiful for West Michigan, with sunny skies and warm temperatures. According to the National ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Hot sun, clear skies expected in Muskegon most the weekend

MUSKEGON COUNTY, MI – Sunny skies and 76 degrees is expected today, July 10, in Muskegon, according to the National Weather Service. Sunny skies and ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

Sunny skies, highs in the mid-80s and less humidity in Tennessee …

Skies will be mostly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. The low will be around 70 and winds will be out of the south around 5 mph. «AL.com, Jun 15»

TV Review: 'Falling Skies,' Season 5

Although the ratings have remained reasonably good, one suspects a contingent of “Falling Skies” viewers have stuck with this Steven Spielberg-produced ... «Variety, Jun 15»

Thursday's weather: Sunny skies along the Gulf Coast

MOBILE, Alabama -- Skies will be sunny for the most part along the Gulf Coast Thursday. There is a 20 percent chance of showers, according to the National ... «AL.com, Jun 15»

Etihad chief urges US airlines to end open skies row immediately

The chief executive of Etihad Airways has urged the big three US airlines to immediately end their campaign against the carrier and said there was no basis for ... «The National, Jun 15»

Pleasant day, sunny skies on tap for the Tennessee Valley today

Another beautiful day is on tap for Friday, with sunny skies and a high near 76. Expect a ight north wind, becoming northeast 5-10 mph. Friday night will be partly ... «AL.com, May 15»

Summer skies: airlines to fly record number of passengers

NEW YORK (May 18, 2015) — A record number of travelers are expected to take to the skies this summer thanks to a rebounding economy. Industry trade and ... «Fox 59, May 15»