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sky | virgin |

As an acronym sky

is s'uomen '''k'''ielitieteellinen ' y hdistys: linguistic association of finland.

As a proper noun virgin is

mary, the mother of jesus.

sky

English

Alternative forms

* skie (obsolete)

Noun

(skies)
  • (lb) A cloud.
  • The atmosphere above a given point, especially as visible from the ground during the day.
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  • The part of the sky which can be seen from a specific place or at a specific time; its condition, climate etc.
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  • *:So this was my future home, I thought!Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
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  • *:She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realising that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky .
  • Heaven.
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  • Usage notes

    Usually the word can be used correctly in either the singular or plural form, but the plural is now mainly poetic.

    Synonyms

    * firmament * heaven *

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

  • (sports) to hit, kick or throw (a ball) extremely high.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 22 , author=Ian Hughes , title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Van Persie skied a penalty, conceded by Gary Caldwell who was sent off, and also hit the post before scoring his third with a shot at the near post.}}
  • (colloquial, dated) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it cannot be well seen.
  • * The Century
  • Brother Academicians who skied his pictures.
  • (colloquial) to drink something from a container without one's lips touching the container
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    virgin

    English

    (wikipedia virgin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
  • (informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
  • I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin .
  • Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
  • A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
  • Synonyms

    * (person who has never had sexual intercourse) maiden (dated; used of a woman only''), unicorn bait (qualifier), virgo intacta (''medical term; used of a woman only ), vestal

    Adjective

    (-)
  • In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
  • Innocence and virgin modesty / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
  • * 1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 294:
  • He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin , the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 314:
  • Helvidius took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin .
  • Of a physical object, untouched.
  • * (and other bibliographic particulars) Shakespeare
  • the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
  • Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
  • virgin''' prairie'', ''a '''virgin ecosystem'', ''virgin forest
    The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
  • Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
  • Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
  • a virgin daiquiri

    Synonyms

    * (of a physical object) brand new, pristine, unspoilt, untouched

    Derived terms

    * extra virgin * virginal * virgin birth, Virgin Birth * virginity * Virgin Islands * Virgin Mary

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