aloft
/əˈlɔft/
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aloft adverb: at, to, or in the air or sky.
Adverb
aloft (comparative more aloft, superlative most aloft)
- At, to, or in the air or sky.
- high winds aloft
- Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
- Enter the Tribunes and Senators aloft: And then enter Saturninus and his followers at one dore, and Baſsianus and his followers, vvith Drummes and Trumpets.c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas...
- Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
- In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
- I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale
aloft meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
aloft in Tamil
- மேலே, உயரத்தில், வானத்தில்
aloft in Urdu
- فراز
aloft in Bengali
- উপরে, উঁচুতে
aloft in Malayalam
- ആകാശത്തിൽ, ഉയരത്തിൽ, മുകളിലേക്ക്
Examples of aloft in a sentence
- He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:
- Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore.2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:
Forms of aloft
| comparative | more aloft |
|---|---|
| superlative | most aloft |
Origin of aloft
From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.
Words formed from aloft
Phrases with aloft
Questions about aloft
- What does aloft mean?
- Aloft means at, to, or in the air or sky.
- What is aloft in Tamil?
- Aloft in Tamil is மேலே, உயரத்தில், வானத்தில். See Aloft meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use aloft in a sentence?
- He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
- What part of speech is aloft?
- Aloft is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce aloft?
- Aloft is pronounced /əˈlɔft/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: aloft (page history and authors); aloft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aloft (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aloft (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aloft (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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