Definition of aloft

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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..

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Towering :: Towering (a.) Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height..
Mount :: Mount (n.) To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up.
Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.
Low :: Low (adv.) In a low position or manner; not aloft; not on high; near the ground.
Aloft :: 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..
Aheight :: Aheight (adv.) Aloft; on high.
Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires..
Overhead :: Overhead (adv.) Aloft; above; in or attached to the ceiling or roof; in the story or upon the floor above; in the zenith.
Elevate :: Elevate (a.) Elevated; raised aloft.
Aloft :: Aloft (adv.) On high; in the air; high above the ground.
Top :: Top (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains..
Soar :: Soar (v. i.) To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings..
Upsway :: Upsway (v. t.) To sway or swing aloft; as, to upsway a club..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..
Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft..
High-palmed :: High-palmed (a.) Having high antlers; bearing full-grown antlers aloft.
Onloft :: Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.
Aloft :: Aloft (prep.) Above; on top of.
High-raised :: High-raised (a.) Elevated; raised aloft; upreared.
A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English
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