aloft
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a·loft
(ə-lôft′, ə-lŏft′)adv.
1. In or into a high place; high or higher up: The balloon was drifting aloft on the wind.
2. Up in or into the air: The plane was quickly aloft.
3. Nautical At or toward the upper rigging.
prep.
On or above: birds perching aloft telephone wires.
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aloft
(əˈlɒft)adv, adj (postpositive)
1. in or into a high or higher place; up above
2. (Nautical Terms) nautical in or into the rigging of a vessel
[C12: from Old Norse ā lopt in the air; see lift1, loft]
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a•loft
(əˈlɔft, əˈlɒft)adv.
1. high up; far above the ground.
2. on the masts; in the rigging or upper rigging.
3. in or into the air.
prep. 4. on or at the top of: flags flying aloft the castle.
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aloft
adjective
adverb
1. upward, skyward, heavenward He lifted the cup aloft.
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Translations
عَالِيَاً، مُرْتَفِعاً
ve vzduchuvysoko nahoře
højt hævethøjt oppe
hátt uppi, ofar jörîu
augšāaugšup
yukarıyukarıda
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[əˈlɒft] ADV (liter) (= above) → arriba; (= upward) → hacia arriba (Naut) → en or a la arboladuraCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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aloft
(əˈloft) adverb high up; overhead. He held the banner aloft.
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