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[uh-lawft, uh-loft]

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adverb

high up; far above the ground.

Nautical.

on the masts; in the rigging; overhead.

(on a square-rigged sailing ship) in the upper rigging, specifically, on or above the lower yards (opposed to alow).

in or into the air.

preposition

on or at the top of: flags flying aloft the castle.

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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English o loft; < Old Norse ā lopt in the air; see a-¹, loft

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There she stands, slowly lifting her arm aloft and holding it aloft with a carefully studied gesture.

While he's juggling that bowling ball, he must also keep aloft his extremist position that religion is the fount of all evil.

Keeping drones aloft is not the only putative application of power beaming, as this technology is known.

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There she stands, slowly lifting her arm aloft and holding it aloft with a carefully studied gesture.

While he's juggling that bowling ball, he must also keep aloft his extremist position that religion is the fount of all evil.

Keeping drones aloft is not the only putative application of power beaming, as this technology is known.

By dragging the bodies of large animals aloft it hopes to keep them safe from scavengers such as hyenas.

Both are essentially spinning wings that stay aloft thanks to aerodynamic lift and gyroscopic stability.

Azhdarchid's padded feet, short wings and stiff neck indicate it didn't feed aloft as today's seabirds do.

The craft, which is powered by its own electricity and can stay aloft for months, feeds electricity to the ground through a cable.

Abbas at his office headquarters, waving flags, shouting oaths of loyalty and holding aloft his photograph.

Such blimps can keep surveillance and ordnance-guiding equipment aloft for a few hundred dollars an hour.

People, cars, and even buildings may be hurled aloft by tornado-force winds-or simply blown away.

Modern birds use their legs to launch and their wings to stay aloft.

Montague could simply hold the proper end of the car aloft while someone else attached the spare.

It can stay aloft in the stratosphere for up to four days, powered by hydrogen.

Then, with all the flair of a stage magician, an election official held the empty container aloft so that all could see inside.

The imposing tail is not used for gripping but may aid in balance as a monkey leaps aloft.

The hotter the atmosphere the more aloft the problem.

Power comes from lithium polymer batteries that drive a propeller which can keep the robot aloft for an hour.

But now the airline's struggle to stay aloft may be close to an end.

Daily wind and weather patterns also guide how far a plume goes and how long it stays aloft.

And if the warm equatorial winds blow to the south and clash with aloft winds, a tornado will rotate clockwise.

Children sent them aloft by spinning the central stick between their palms.

Boeing is developing unmanned spy aircraft capable of staying aloft using hydrogen power for five years without refuelling.

Archaeologists, historians, and other scholars found themselves aloft as part of the war effort.

No one has said that the flying electric generators would have to stay aloft in extreme weather.

Excess energy is stored in four lithium polymer batteries, one per engine pod, keeping the plane aloft after dark.

Some people start to cry, others hold their arms aloft.

Known as a solar filament, the loop is a cloud of relatively cool gas held aloft by magnetic forces.

But recent research raises new concerns over the toxic substances borne aloft in wood smoke.

Supply and demand is not the only thing helping keep prices aloft.

In less than half a mile the airplane springs aloft.

Think of the recent modeling of boundary vortices that keep butterflies and bats aloft.

United has to persuade the court that it has a reasonable case for ditching its pension obligations in order to stay aloft.

We drifted silently, save for occasional blasts from the propane burners, which kept us aloft.

Volcanic dust contributes little to the cooling because it stays aloft for only a few months.

Any additional weight detracts from the useful payload the plane can carry aloft.

Its spindly legs hold it aloft from the heat of the desert floor.

To apologise a cat lowers its eyelids, turns away, holds its tail aloft and allows you a good bottom sniff.

Go aloft in a specially adapted balloon that gives researchers a new perspective on the bustling world of the canopy.

The arrival of thermals that will carry his family aloft.

Also, figure out in advance which side of the plane will be in shadow, once aloft.

First, enlist the aid of a partner if the ladder is unwieldy or will require guarding while you are aloft.

So they redesigned them to have permanently aloft ears.

The floats were constructed of plywood and designed so well that they provided additional lift when the plane was aloft.

Another sees two handball players snapped from behind, aloft and balletic.

Borne aloft by trade winds, the heavier particles quickly drop away.

Making airports bigger will lessen the need for keeping planes aloft in holding patterns at busy times.

To hold that amount of rainwater and hail aloft requires a tremendously strong updraft.

When there is a fire, its hardy seeds are carried aloft by the smoke and dispersed by the wind.

Their papery little wings keep them aloft so they can find a good place to germinate and make a new maple.

It should be able to stay aloft for two hours on a tank of fuel.

Only a tad safer than a comfy lawn chair held aloft by holiday balloons.

Sulfate particulates remain aloft for two to three years.

They forage during daylight hours and go to sleep aloft before sunset.

At the end of the animal's tail, a series of plates were fused together and held aloft by tail vertebra fused together.

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aloft (əˈlɒft)

—*adv, —adj*
1.	in or into a high or higher place; up above
2.	nautical in or into the rigging of a vessel

[C12: from Old Norse ā lopt in the air; see lift¹, loft]

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aloft

c.1200, from O.N. a lopti "up above," lit. "up in the air," from a "in, on" + lopt "sky, loft" (cf. Goth. luftus, O.H.G. luft, O.E. lyft "air;" see loft).

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