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aloft en · ADV

Pronunciation

• ə-lôft' (US)
• /əˈlɑft/ (cot-caught-merger)
• (US) audio
• ə-lŏft' (Received-Pronunciation)
• ə-lŏft' (cot-caught-merger)
• /əˈlɔft/ (US)
• /əˈlɒft/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old Norse á lopti (“in the sky”); equivalent to a- + loft.

Meanings

1. At, to, or in the air or sky.
   • high winds aloft
2. Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
   • 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. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations. 2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:
   • 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:
   • Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft. 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
   • 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 Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
3. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

come aloft · take aloft · stitch aloft · gone aloft

Relateds

lofty · alow · loft

Translations (25)

it all`apice (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging) · fr en haut (above) · bg високо (above) · fi ilmassa (In the air, high up) · cs ve výšce (In the air, high up) · ga i gcrann (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging) · fr en l'air (In the air, high up) · sk vysoko (above) · grc ὕψι (In the air, high up) · eo supre (above) · cs ve vzduchu (In the air, high up) · mi kaurera (In the air, high up) · fr en l'air (above) · cs nahoře (above) · cs ve výšce (above) · grc ὕψῐ (above) · fi korkealla (In the air, high up) · fi ylhäällä (above) · sk hore (above) · bg нависоко (above) · fi ylhäällä mastossa (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging) · ru высоко (above) · pt nas alturas (above) · fi yläpuolella (above) · it sopra (above)