skies

Etymology 1

noun

1. 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[.]" 1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23
   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; […]. 2013-06-07, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
2. plural of skie.

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sky

Etymology 2

verb

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ski