1
: at or to a great height
measuring the winds aloft
2
: in the air
especially
: in flight (as in an airplane)
meals served aloft
3
: at, on, or to the masthead or the higher rigging
went aloft to unfurl the sails
: on top of : above
bright signs aloft hotels
Examples of aloft in a Sentence
Adverb
The balloon stayed aloft for days.
the ease with which he can hold a ballerina aloft with one hand is awesome
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Her speed keeps the plot aloft and, yes, covers some occasional thinness, in the manner of a comedy comb-over.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Flight 7 sent Starship aloft from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas on Jan. 16.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
In this case high winds in a very strong jet stream aloft encountered very dry air from the Desert Southwest while unusual warmth in the Gulf was pulling extra moisture in, Bentley said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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Adverb
Once aloft, each individual molecule of dimethyl sulfide lasts only hours or, at most, about a day before it is destroyed in reactions that are triggered by exposure to sunlight and various atmospheric compounds.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Her speed keeps the plot aloft and, yes, covers some occasional thinness, in the manner of a comedy comb-over.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Flight 7 sent Starship aloft from SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas on Jan. 16.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
In this case high winds in a very strong jet stream aloft encountered very dry air from the Desert Southwest while unusual warmth in the Gulf was pulling extra moisture in, Bentley said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Aloft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aloft. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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