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▸ noun: With a descriptive word: the part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its climate, condition, etc.
▸ noun: (chiefly literary and poetic, archaic) Usually preceded by the: the abode of God or the gods, angels, the souls of deceased people, etc.; heaven; also, powers emanating from heaven.
▸ noun: (mathematics, theoretical physics) The set of all lightlike lines (or directions) passing through a given point in space-time.
▸ noun: (obsolete, informal, rare) In an art gallery: the upper rows of pictures that cannot easily be seen; also, the place where such pictures are hung.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A cloud.
▸ verb: (transitive)
▸ verb: (informal) To drink (a beverage) from a container without one's lips touching the container.
▸ verb: (informal, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen; (by extension) to put (something) in an undesirable place.
▸ verb: (slang, dated) To toss (something) upwards; specifically, to flip (a coin).
▸ verb: (sports)
▸ verb: To clear (a high jump bar, hurdle, etc.) by a large margin.
▸ verb: (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw (a ball) extremely high.
▸ verb: (obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
▸ verb: (intransitive)
▸ verb: To move quickly, as if by flying; to fly; also, to escape, to flee (especially by airplane).
▸ verb: (ball games) To hit, kick, or throw a ball extremely high.
▸ verb: (rowing) To raise an oar too high above the water.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: A unisex given name from English.
▸ noun: Ellipsis of sky blue. [A vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.]
▸ noun: Obsolete form of Skye (“Scottish island”). [The largest island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland; the Isle of Skye.]
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