Aloft
adverb
In the air or sky.
The balloon was flying aloft.
Often appears as...
- float aloft
- soar aloft
adverb
Above the deck of a ship.
The ship's crew was working aloft.
Often appears as...
- go aloft
- work aloft
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
At or to great height.
The eagle soared aloft.
Often appears as...
- soar aloft
- hover aloft
adverb
In the air or sky.
The balloon was flying aloft.
Often appears as...
- float aloft
- soar aloft
adverb
Above the deck of a ship.
The ship's crew was working aloft.
Often appears as...
- go aloft
- work aloft
Usage tips
Technical
adverb
At or to great height.
The eagle soared aloft.
Often appears as...
- soar aloft
- hover aloft
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Airborne Activity
Use 'aloft' for things flying or suspended in the air, like kites or clouds.
The kites were kept aloft by a strong breeze.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
'Aloft' is rarely used for people unless they're in flight, like pilots or astronauts.
The pilot climbed into the cockpit and soon was aloft.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes, 'aloft' can be used metaphorically to describe high spirits or hopes.
Her spirits soared aloft after receiving the good news.
Pro Tip 1/3Airborne Activity
Use 'aloft' for things flying or suspended in the air, like kites or clouds.
The kites were kept aloft by a strong breeze.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
'Aloft' is rarely used for people unless they're in flight, like pilots or astronauts.
The pilot climbed into the cockpit and soon was aloft.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes, 'aloft' can be used metaphorically to describe high spirits or hopes.
Her spirits soared aloft after receiving the good news.
Pro Tip 1/3Airborne Activity
Use 'aloft' for things flying or suspended in the air, like kites or clouds.
The kites were kept aloft by a strong breeze.
Pro Tip 2/3Not for People
'Aloft' is rarely used for people unless they're in flight, like pilots or astronauts.
The pilot climbed into the cockpit and soon was aloft.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Use
Sometimes, 'aloft' can be used metaphorically to describe high spirits or hopes.
Her spirits soared aloft after receiving the good news.
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My $500 house in Detroit...
so I could have a shower whenever I needed to go to work, as I didn't yet have one. It was when it came time to raise the beam on my own house that holds the structure aloft -- a beam that I cut out of an abandoned recycling factory down the street when not a single wall was left standing --
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How did clouds get their...
gazing at the passing clouds. Like everyone else at the time, he had no idea how clouds formed, or how they stayed aloft. But he enjoyed observing their endless transformations. By his own admission, Luke paid little attention to his lessons, but fortunately for the future of meteorology,
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Tiger Shark vs....
powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks are on a tight schedule in just a few months they have to develop the strength
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Best '08 Albatross vs....
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
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SHARK vs. BIRD PIPE...
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
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Tiger Shark vs....
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
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Tracking the journey of...
aloft in this journey so having a way to be able to monitor not only human vaccines but our cultural vaccines will really change our world fixing supply chains it may not sound very glamorous
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The Most Dramatic...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the centre of the atoll as their training ground. It's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long.
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Incredible Animal...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the centre of the atoll as their training ground. It's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long.
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Fish Vs Bird PIPE Blue...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the center of the atoll as their training ground it's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long
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My $500 house in Detroit...
so I could have a shower whenever I needed to go to work, as I didn't yet have one. It was when it came time to raise the beam on my own house that holds the structure aloft -- a beam that I cut out of an abandoned recycling factory down the street when not a single wall was left standing --
Video examples
How did clouds get their...
gazing at the passing clouds. Like everyone else at the time, he had no idea how clouds formed, or how they stayed aloft. But he enjoyed observing their endless transformations. By his own admission, Luke paid little attention to his lessons, but fortunately for the future of meteorology,
Video examples
Tiger Shark vs....
powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks are on a tight schedule in just a few months they have to develop the strength
Video examples
Best '08 Albatross vs....
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
Video examples
SHARK vs. BIRD PIPE...
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
Video examples
Tiger Shark vs....
to soar they're creatures of the wind living in the sky and there's some powerful trade winds here in the Hawaiian Islands to keep them aloft as long as they want they only return to land to raise their chicks the chicks
Video examples
Tracking the journey of...
aloft in this journey so having a way to be able to monitor not only human vaccines but our cultural vaccines will really change our world fixing supply chains it may not sound very glamorous
Video examples
The Most Dramatic...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the centre of the atoll as their training ground. It's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long.
Video examples
Incredible Animal...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the centre of the atoll as their training ground. It's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long.
Video examples
Fish Vs Bird PIPE Blue...
use the shallow lagoon that occupies the center of the atoll as their training ground it's difficult for some of them to stay aloft for long
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The heroic working class of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, holding aloft the banner of modelling the whole society on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, should become the engine propelling the masses forward on the general onward march and the example for all other members of society to follow in stepping up the building of a powerful socialist country.
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Junot Diaz
American Writer
I always had a sense that I would fall in love with Tokyo. In retrospect I guess it's not that surprising. I was of the generation that had grown up in the '80s when Japan was ascendant (born aloft by a bubble whose burst crippled its economy for decades), and I'd fed on a steady diet of anime and samurai films.
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Steve Fossett
American Aviator
A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day. A gas balloon, which usually uses helium, has the problem that the helium cools at night when the sun is not on it, and you have to throw ballast overboard to keep it from going to the surface.
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Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we're one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind!
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Walter Gropius
German Architect
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
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Richard Preston
American Writer
Dragonflies kill their prey in the air and eat it on the wing. They feed on aerial plankton, which consists of any sort of small living thing that happens to be aloft - mosquitoes, midges, moths, flies, ballooning spiders.
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Ethan Canin
American Author
Doubt is the enemy of mania. It's trying to get aloft strung with weights. The moment I like writing is three sentences in, when somehow those weights drop away, and you can invent. I cannot tell you the dread I have.
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Julian Baggini
British Author
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.
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Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft.
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Kim Jong-un
North Korean Leader
The heroic working class of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, holding aloft the banner of modelling the whole society on Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, should become the engine propelling the masses forward on the general onward march and the example for all other members of society to follow in stepping up the building of a powerful socialist country.
Quote examples
Junot Diaz
American Writer
I always had a sense that I would fall in love with Tokyo. In retrospect I guess it's not that surprising. I was of the generation that had grown up in the '80s when Japan was ascendant (born aloft by a bubble whose burst crippled its economy for decades), and I'd fed on a steady diet of anime and samurai films.
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Steve Fossett
American Aviator
A hot air balloon requires a great deal of fuel to keep it aloft, so that you can't fly it even for one day. A gas balloon, which usually uses helium, has the problem that the helium cools at night when the sun is not on it, and you have to throw ballast overboard to keep it from going to the surface.
Quote examples
Buzz Aldrin
American Astronaut
As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound.
Quote examples
Richard Bach
American Novelist
Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we're one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind!
Quote examples
Walter Gropius
German Architect
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
Quote examples
Richard Preston
American Writer
Dragonflies kill their prey in the air and eat it on the wing. They feed on aerial plankton, which consists of any sort of small living thing that happens to be aloft - mosquitoes, midges, moths, flies, ballooning spiders.
Quote examples
Ethan Canin
American Author
Doubt is the enemy of mania. It's trying to get aloft strung with weights. The moment I like writing is three sentences in, when somehow those weights drop away, and you can invent. I cannot tell you the dread I have.
Quote examples
Julian Baggini
British Author
The truly humble feel the ground beneath their feet every day and do not only become aware of it when held aloft or pushed down to their knees.
Quote examples
Hermann Oberth
German Scientist
The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft.
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