1
: at or to a great height
measuring the winds aloft
2
: in the air
especially
: in flight (as in an airplane)
meals served aloft
3
: at, on, or to the masthead or the higher rigging
went aloft to unfurl the sails
: on top of : above
bright signs aloft hotels
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Adverb
The balloon stayed aloft for days.
the ease with which he can hold a ballerina aloft with one hand is awesome
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Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Kim excels in performing DHH’s hubristic pride at his own accomplishments and then his scrambling, desperate desire to keep things aloft; Eggold, a discovery for this audience member, conjures actorly vanity and obliviousness to pitch-perfect effect.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
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Adverb
In death she is borne aloft by mourners as a life-sized plastic Catholic Virgin.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2024
Kim excels in performing DHH’s hubristic pride at his own accomplishments and then his scrambling, desperate desire to keep things aloft; Eggold, a discovery for this audience member, conjures actorly vanity and obliviousness to pitch-perfect effect.
—Daniel D'addario, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
Preposition
The Leicester fans held aloft the free commemorative scarves which were left on every seat inside the stadium and sang their late chairman’s name.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aloft. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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