sky-blue

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Noun	1.	sky-blue - a light shade of blue azure, cerulean, lazuline, sapphire blue, blueness - blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
Adj.	1.	sky-blue - of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather" azure, bright blue, cerulean chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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sky-blue

[ˈskaɪˈbluː]

A. ADJ → celeste, azul celeste

B. N → azul m celeste

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sky-blue

[ˌskaɪˈbluː]

1. n → azzurro

2. adj → azzurro/a

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sky

(skai) – plural skies (often with the) – noun

the part of space above the earth, in which the sun, moon etc can be seen; the heavens. The sky was blue and cloudless; We had grey skies and rain throughout our holiday; The skies were grey all week.

ˌsky-ˈblue adjective, noun

(of) the light blue colour of cloudless sky. She wore a sky-blue dress.

ˈsky-diving noun

the sport of jumping from aircraft and waiting for some time before opening one's parachute.

ˈsky-diver noun

ˌsky-ˈhigh adverb, adjective

very high. The car was blown sky-high by the explosion; sky-high prices.

ˈskyjack verb

to hijack a plane.

ˈskyjacker noun

ˈskylight noun

a window in a roof or ceiling. The attic had only a small skylight and was very dark.

ˈskyline noun

the outline of buildings, hills etc seen against the sky. the New York skyline; I could see something moving on the skyline.

ˈskyrocket verb

to rise sharply; to increase rapidly and suddenly. Housing prices have skyrocketed.

ˈskyrocket noun

a rocket firework that explodes in brilliant colourful sparks.

ˈskyscraper noun

a high building of very many storeys, especially in the United State.

the sky's the limit

there is no upper limit eg to the amount of money that may be spent. Choose any present you like – the sky's the limit!

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'At present, however, his thoughts were occupied with the young lady who sat in the farthest corner of the coach, with her face muffled closely in her hood; the gentleman with the sky-blue coat sitting opposite to her; the other man in the plum-coloured suit, by her side; and both watching her intently.

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Liest thou not in a sky-blue lake of happiness?"--"Ye wags," answered Zarathustra, and smiled, "how well did ye choose the simile!

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Next morning, at Ozma's request, Dorothy dressed herself in a pretty sky-blue gown of rich silk, trimmed with real pearls.

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This flag was divided into four quarters, one being colored sky-blue, another pink, a third lavender and a fourth white.

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March, looking at the plump little hand, with the band of sky-blue stones on the forefinger, and the quaint guard formed of two tiny golden hands clasped together.

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A sky-blue coat, with short and broad skirts and low cape, exposed a long, thin neck, and longer and thinner legs, to the worst animadversions of the evil-disposed.