Definition of aloft Aloft
/ʌlɔˈft/ - [uloft] - a•loft
We found 15 definitions of aloft from 8 different sources.
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What does aloft mean?
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| aloft - in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine" | ||
| aloft - at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft" | ||
| aloft - upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft" | ||
| aloft - at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship; "climbed aloft to unfurl the sail" |
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- aloft (adv.)
On high; in the air; high above the ground. - aloft (adv.)
In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven. - aloft (prep.)
Above; on top of.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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aloft
Up in the air.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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aloft
a-loft′, adv. on high: overhead: at a great height: (naut.) above the deck, at the masthead: sometimes used as equivalent to aloof (Mad. D'Arblay). [Scand.; Icel. á lopt (pron. loft), expressing motion; á lopti, expressing position. Pfx. a- = Icel. á = A.S. on, in. See Loft.]
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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aloft
en haut, (loffter, to lift up, Dan.) up in the tops, at the mast-heads, or any where about the higher yards or rigging.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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aloft
[Anglo-Saxon, alofte, on high]. Above; overhead; on high. Synonymous with up above the tops, at the mast-head, or anywhere about the higher yards, masts, and rigging of ships.--Aloft there! the hailing of people in the tops.--Away aloft! the command to the people in the rigging to climb to their stations. Also, heaven: "Poor Tom is gone aloft."
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