aloft
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
Contents |
[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- ə-lôft', /əˈlɔːft/, /@"lO:ft/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -ɔːft
- enPR: ə-lŏft', IPA: /əˈlɒft/, SAMPA: /@"lQft/
- Rhymes: -ɒft
[edit] Etymology
From Old Norse á lopti (“‘in the sky’”).
[edit] Adverb
aloft (comparative more aloft, superlative most aloft)
|
Positive |
Comparative |
Superlative |
- above, overhead, in a high place
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.
- 1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:
- He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
- 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:
- (nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
- 1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:
- I think you said something converning 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:
[edit] Translations
above
[edit] Related terms
[edit] See also
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] References
- aloft in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913