Aloft

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In or into a high place; high or higher up.
  • ad. Nautical At or toward the upper rigging.
  • preposition. On or above: birds perching aloft telephone wires.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. in the air; in the sky
  • ad. above, overhead, in a high place; up
  • ad. in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. On high; in the air; high above the ground.
  • ad. In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
  • preposition. Above; on top of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • On high; in or into the air; high above the ground: as, the eagle soars aloft.
  • Nautical, in or into the top; at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging; hence, on the upper part, as of a building.
  • On the top or surface of; above.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. in the higher atmosphere above the earth
  • ad. at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship
  • ad. at or to great height; high up in or into the air
  • ad. upward
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