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'

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.