What is the difference between aloft and loft?
aloft | loft | Related terms |
in the air; in the sky
above, overhead, in a high place; up
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* 1954 , :
(nautical) in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
* 1859 , , The Red Rover: A Tale :
(obsolete, except in derivatives) air, the air; the sky, the heavens.
An attic or similar space (often used for storage) in the roof of a house or other building.
(textiles) The thickness of a soft object when not under pressure.
A gallery or raised apartment in a church, hall, etc.
(obsolete) A floor or room placed above another.
* Bible, Acts xx. 9
To propel high into the air.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 28
, author=Tom Rostance
, title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Olympiakos
, work=BBC Sport
(bowling) To throw the ball erroneously through the air instead of releasing it on the lane's surface.
Loft is a related term of aloft.
As an adverb aloft
is in the air; in the sky.As a noun loft is
air, the air; the sky, the heavens.As a verb loft is
to propel high into the air.As an adjective loft is
lofty; proud; haughty.aloft
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- high winds aloft
- Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft .
- He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.
- I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft ?
See also
* alowAnagrams
* floatReferences
*loft
English
Noun
(en noun)- an organ loft
- Eutychus fell down from the third loft .
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Marouane Chamakh then spurned a great chance to kill the game off when he ran onto Andrey Arshavin's lofted through ball but shanked his shot horribly across the face of goal.}}