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skywrite

skywrite verb: to write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.

Verb

skywrite (third-person singular simple present skywrites, present participle skywriting, simple past skywrote, past participle skywritten)

  1. To write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.
  2. To spell a word by tracing it in the air with one's finger.

Forms of skywrite

third-person singular presentskywrites
present participleskywriting
pastskywrote
past participleskywritten

Origin of skywrite

From sky + write.

Questions about skywrite

What does skywrite mean?
Skywrite means to write a message in the sky using the trail of smoke from a moving airplane.
What part of speech is skywrite?
Skywrite is a verb.
What is the past tense of skywrite?
The past tense of skywrite is skywrote.

Words near skywrite in the dictionary

  1. skywave
  2. skywaves
  3. skyway
  4. skyways
  5. skyworthy
  6. skywrite
  7. skywriter
  8. skywriters
  9. skywrites
  10. skywriting
  11. skywritten

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