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# aloft

adverb (aloft); adjective (aloft)

«aloft» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Up in the air or high above the ground: the kite stayed aloft for an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#m1)
2. Held up high: the captain held the cup aloft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#m2)
3. (on ships) Up in the masts and sails. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#m3)

### In the lessons

A slightly literary word in stories and sports reports (holding a trophy aloft), and in science about things that stay up in the air, like birds, balloons and aircraft. Phrases: hold aloft, stay aloft, keep aloft, go aloft.

### Examples

- The winner held the trophy aloft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x1)
- Warm air keeps the hot-air balloon aloft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x2)
- The eagle stayed aloft without flapping its wings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x3)
- Sailors climbed aloft to fix the sail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x4)
- The kite was aloft for nearly an hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x5)
- She held the torch aloft so we could see. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x6)
- A Hawk observed it, and, pouncing upon it with his talons, carried it aloft. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/#x7)

### Note

It is not used before a noun: "the balloon is aloft", not "the aloft balloon". Literary; everyday words are "up in the air" or "high up".

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The passage says God "bore" the letters through water, fire and air, which fits the book's idea that the letters are the building blocks of creation. In the primary lessons: A slightly literary word in stories and sports reports (holding a trophy aloft), and in science about things that stay up in the air, like birds, balloons and aircraft. Phrases: hold aloft, stay aloft, keep aloft, go aloft.

### Examples

- God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aloft/#x1)

### Note

It is not used before a noun: "the balloon is aloft", not "the aloft balloon". Literary; everyday words are "up in the air" or "high up".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aloft» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aloft/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aloft» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aloft.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «aloft» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/aloft/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aloft» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/aloft.html) on Mova free.