slovo | definícia |
loft (mass) | loft
- pôda, podkrovie, pôda, odraziť |
loft (encz) | loft,holubník n: Zdeněk Brož |
loft (encz) | loft,odrazit Pavel Machek |
loft (encz) | loft,podkroví Zdeněk Brož |
loft (encz) | loft,půda n: Zdeněk Brož |
loft (encz) | loft,seník n: Zdeněk Brož |
loft (encz) | loft,vyrazit Pavel Machek |
Loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, a.
Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
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Loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, v. t.
To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a
lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
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A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
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Loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lofting.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
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Loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper
room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth.
luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling
of the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
especially, an upper story located in a building with
a business below, often having no partitions, and in
cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or
used as studios for artists.
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Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
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2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to
drive the ball upward).
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On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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loft (wn) | loft
n 1: floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a
factory or warehouse or other commercial space
2: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just
below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic,
garret]
3: (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that
is designed to drive the ball high in the air
4: a raised shelter in which pigeons are kept [syn: loft,
pigeon loft]
v 1: store in a loft
2: propel through the air; "The rocket lofted the space shuttle
into the air"
3: kick or strike high in the air; "loft a ball"
4: lay out a full-scale working drawing of the lines of a
vessel's hull |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
fullofthemoon (mass) | full-of-the-moon
- plný mesiac |
aloft (encz) | aloft,nahoře Zdeněk Brožaloft,ve výši Zdeněk Brožaloft,ve vzduchu Zdeněk Brož |
choir loft (encz) | choir loft,kruchta n: Zdeněk Brož |
cockloft (encz) | cockloft, n: |
from lowly sth. to lofty sth. (encz) | from lowly sth. to lofty sth.,od skromných *** po vznešené
*** [fráz.] Jirka Daněk |
hayloft (encz) | hayloft,seník n: Zdeněk Brožhayloft,seník v podkroví Zdeněk Brož |
loft bed (encz) | loft bed, |
loft bombing (encz) | loft bombing, n: |
loftier (encz) | loftier,vznešenější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
loftiest (encz) | loftiest,nejvznešenější adj: Zdeněk Brož |
loftily (encz) | loftily,povýšeně adv: Zdeněk Brožloftily,pyšně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
loftiness (encz) | loftiness,ušlechtilost n: Zdeněk Brož |
lofty (encz) | lofty,impozantně vysoký adj: Pinolofty,nadutý adj: Zdeněk Brožlofty,povýšený adj: Zdeněk Brožlofty,pyšný adj: Zdeněk Brožlofty,tyčící se do výše adj: věže katedrály, hory, strom ap. Pinolofty,ušlechtilý adj: Zdeněk Brožlofty,vznešený adj: Zdeněk Brožlofty,vznosný adj: Pino |
organ loft (encz) | organ loft,kruchta n: Zdeněk Brož |
organ-loft (encz) | organ-loft,kruchta n: Zdeněk Brož |
pigeon loft (encz) | pigeon loft, n: |
Aloft (gcide) | Aloft \A*loft"\ (?; 115), adv. [Pref. a- + loft, which properly
meant air. See Loft.]
1. On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his
flight aloft." --Milton.
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2. (Naut.) In the top; at the mast head, or on the higher
yards or rigging; overhead; hence (Fig. and Colloq.), in
or to heaven.
[1913 Webster]Aloft \A*loft"\, prep.
Above; on top of. [Obs.]
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Fresh waters run aloft the sea. --Holland.
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Cockloft (gcide) | Cockloft \Cock"loft`\ (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks
roost.]
An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
--Dryden. Swift.
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Cornloft (gcide) | Cornloft \Corn"loft`\ (k?rn"l?ft`), n.
A loft for corn; a granary.
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full-of-the-moon (gcide) | full-of-the-moon \full-of-the-moon\ n.
the time when the moon is fully illuminated.
Syn: full moon, full-of-the-moon.
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gall-of-the-earth (gcide) | gall-of-the-earth \gall-of-the-earth\ n.
A common perennial herb (Nabalus serpentarius) widely
distributed in southern and eastern U. S., having drooping
clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting
a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in the genus
Prenanthes.
Syn: lion's foot, gall of the earth, Nabalus serpentarius,
Prenanthes serpentaria.
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Hayloft (gcide) | Hayloft \Hay"loft`\ (h[=a]"l[o^]ft`; 115), n.
A loft or scaffold for hay.
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Loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, a.
Lofty; proud. [R. & Obs.] --Surrey.
[1913 Webster]Loft \Loft\, v. t.
To make or furnish with a loft; to cause to have loft; as, a
lofted house; a lofted golf-club head.
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A wooden club with a lofted face. --Encyc. of
Sport.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lofting.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper
room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth.
luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling
of the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
especially, an upper story located in a building with
a business below, often having no partitions, and in
cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or
used as studios for artists.
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Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
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2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to
drive the ball upward).
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On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Lofted (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lofting.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
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Lofter (gcide) | Lofter \Loft"er\, n. (Golf)
An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; --
called also lofting iron.
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Loftier (gcide) | Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.]
[From Loft.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.
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2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.
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Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.
Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
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Loftiest (gcide) | Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.]
[From Loft.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.
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2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.
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Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.
Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
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Loftily (gcide) | Loftily \Loft"i*ly\, adv. [From Lofty.]
In a lofty manner or position; haughtily.
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Loftiness (gcide) | Loftiness \Loft"i*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being lofty.
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Lofting (gcide) | Loft \Loft\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Lofted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lofting.]
To raise aloft; to send into the air; esp. (Golf), to strike
(the ball) so that it will go over an obstacle.
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lofting iron (gcide) | Lofter \Loft"er\, n. (Golf)
An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; --
called also lofting iron.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Lofting iron \Loft"ing iron\ (Golf)
Same as Lofter.
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Lofting iron (gcide) | Lofter \Loft"er\, n. (Golf)
An iron club with a sloped face, used in lofting the ball; --
called also lofting iron.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Lofting iron \Loft"ing iron\ (Golf)
Same as Lofter.
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Lofty (gcide) | Lofty \Loft"y\, a. [Compar. Loftier; superl. Loftiest.]
[From Loft.]
1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high.
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See lofty Lebanon his head advance. --Pope.
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2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit,
bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately;
characterized by pride; haughty.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity.
--Is. lvii.
15.
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Lofty and sour to them that loved him not. --Shak.
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Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
--Milton.
Syn: Tall; high; exalted; dignified; stately; majestic;
sublime; proud; haughty. See Tall.
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Music loft (gcide) | Music \Mu"sic\, n. [F. musique, fr. L. musica, Gr. ? (sc. ?),
any art over which the Muses presided, especially music,
lyric poetry set and sung to music, fr. ? belonging to Muses
or fine arts, fr. ? Muse.]
1. The science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.
e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform
and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various
degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which
treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties,
dependences, and relations of tones to each other; the art
of combining tones in a manner to please the ear.
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Note: Not all sounds are tones. Sounds may be unmusical and
yet please the ear. Music deals with tones, and with no
other sounds. See Tone.
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2.
(a) Melody; a rhythmical and otherwise agreeable
succession of tones.
(b) Harmony; an accordant combination of simultaneous
tones.
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3. The written and printed notation of a musical composition;
the score.
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4. Love of music; capacity of enjoying music.
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The man that hath no music in himself
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak.
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5. (Zool.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the
lower animals. See Stridulation.
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Magic music, a game in which a person is guided in finding
a hidden article, or in doing a specific art required, by
music which is made more loud or rapid as he approaches
success, and slower as he recedes. --Tennyson.
Music box. See Musical box, under Musical.
Music hall, a place for public musical entertainments.
Music loft, a gallery for musicians, as in a dancing room
or a church.
Music of the spheres, the harmony supposed to be produced
by the accordant movement of the celestial spheres.
Music paper, paper ruled with the musical staff, for the
use of composers and copyists.
Music pen, a pen for ruling at one time the five lines of
the musical staff.
Music shell (Zool.), a handsomely colored marine gastropod
shell (Voluta musica) found in the East Indies; -- so
called because the color markings often resemble printed
music. Sometimes applied to other shells similarly marked.
To face the music, to meet any disagreeable necessity, such
as a reprimand for an error or misdeed, without flinching.
[Colloq. or Slang]
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On loft (gcide) | Loft \Loft\ (l[o^]ft), n. [Icel. lopt air, heaven, loft, upper
room; akin to AS. lyft air, G. luft, Dan. loft loft, Goth.
luftus air. Cf. Lift, v. & n. ]
1. That which is lifted up; an elevation. Hence, especially:
(a) The room or space under a roof and above the ceiling
of the uppermost story.
(b) A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.;
as, an organ loft.
(c) A floor or room placed above another; a story.
especially, an upper story located in a building with
a business below, often having no partitions, and in
cities sometimes converted into living quarters, or
used as studios for artists.
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Eutychus . . . fell down from the third loft.
--Acts xx. 9.
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2. (Golf) Pitch or slope of the face of a club (tending to
drive the ball upward).
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On loft, aloft; on high. Cf. Onloft. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Onloft (gcide) | Onloft \On*loft"\, adv.
Aloft; above ground. [Obs.]
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She kept her father's life onloft. --Chaucer.
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Rood loft (gcide) | Rood \Rood\ (r[=oo]d), n. [AS. r[=o]d a cross; akin to OS.
r[=o]da, D. roede rod, G. ruthe, rute, OHG. ruota. Cf. Rod
a measure.]
1. A representation in sculpture or in painting of the cross
with Christ hanging on it.
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Note: Generally, the Trinity is represented, the Father as an
elderly man fully clothed, with a nimbus around his
head, and holding the cross on which the Son is
represented as crucified, the Holy Spirit descending in
the form of a dove near the Son's head. Figures of the
Virgin Mary and of St. John are often placed near the
principal figures.
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Savior, in thine image seen
Bleeding on that precious rood. --Wordsworth.
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2. A measure of five and a half yards in length; a rod; a
perch; a pole. [Prov. Eng.]
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3. The fourth part of an acre, or forty square rods.
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By the rood, by the cross; -- a phrase formerly used in
swearing. "No, by the rood, not so." --Shak.
Rood beam (Arch.), a beam across the chancel of a church,
supporting the rood.
Rood loft (Arch.), a loft or gallery, in a church, on which
the rood and its appendages were set up to view. --Gwilt.
Rood screen (Arch.), a screen, between the choir and the
body of the church, over which the rood was placed.
--Fairholt.
Rood tower (Arch.), a tower at the intersection of the nave
and transept of a church; -- when crowned with a spire it
was called also rood steeple. --Weale.
Rood tree, the cross. [Obs.] "Died upon the rood tree."
--Gower.
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Sail loft (gcide) | Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil,
OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root]
153.]
1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the
wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels
through the water.
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Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton.
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2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail.
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3. A wing; a van. [Poetic]
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Like an eagle soaring
To weather his broad sails. --Spenser.
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4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill.
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5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft.
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Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as
the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight.
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6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon
the water.
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Note: Sails are of two general kinds, fore-and-aft sails,
and square sails. Square sails are always bent to
yards, with their foot lying across the line of the
vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs
with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft
sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after
leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are
quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases
under Fore, a., and Square, a.; also, Bark,
Brig, Schooner, Ship, Stay.
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Sail burton (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft
for bending.
Sail fluke (Zool.), the whiff.
Sail hook, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the
seams square.
Sail loft, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made.
Sail room (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are
stowed when not in use.
Sail yard (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is
extended.
Shoulder-of-mutton sail (Naut.), a triangular sail of
peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast.
To crowd sail. (Naut.) See under Crowd.
To loose sails (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails.
To make sail (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of
sail.
To set a sail (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the
wind.
To set sail (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence,
to begin a voyage.
To shorten sail (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or
take in a part.
To strike sail (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in
saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to
acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension.
Under sail, having the sails spread.
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aloft (wn) | aloft
adv 1: at or on or to the masthead or upper rigging of a ship;
"climbed aloft to unfurl the sail"
2: upward; "the good news sent her spirits aloft"
3: at or to great height; high up in or into the air; "eagles
were soaring aloft"; "dust is whirled aloft"
4: in the higher atmosphere above the earth; "weather conditions
aloft are fine" |
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