skies

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of sky though essentially synonymous with singular form; the heavens; the firmament; the atmosphere.

   “"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[.]"”

   “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. (form-of, plural)plural of skie.

verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of sky
2. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of ski