ALOFT
\ɐlˈɒft], \ɐlˈɒft], \ɐ_l_ˈɒ_f_t]\
Definitions of ALOFT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"
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at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
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upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
By Princeton University
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in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions aloft are fine"
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at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
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upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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On high; in the air; high above the ground.
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In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
By Oddity Software
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On high; in the air; high above the ground.
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In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in or to heaven.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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