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skyborne

skyborne adjective: airborne; flying.

Adjective

skyborne (not comparable)

  1. Airborne; flying.
    • I scorn further words against this sky-borne foe.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 80

Origin of skyborne

From sky + borne.

Questions about skyborne

What does skyborne mean?
Skyborne means airborne; flying.
What part of speech is skyborne?
Skyborne is an adjective.

Words near skyborne in the dictionary

  1. skyboarder
  2. skyboarding
  3. skyboards
  4. skybook
  5. skybooks
  6. skyborne
  7. skybound
  8. skybox
  9. skyboxes
  10. skybridge
  11. skybridges

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