ALOFT
What does "ALOFT" mean?
Up in or into the air, especially high overhead.
Meanings
- High up or far above the ground; into the air. The kite climbed aloft until it was a speck against the clouds.
- Up in the rigging or masts of a sailing ship. The captain ordered two hands aloft to reef the topsail. technical
Word origin
From Middle English 'aloft', borrowed from Old Norse 'á lopti' meaning 'in the air' — 'á' (on, in) plus 'lopt' (air, sky, upper room), a cousin of English 'loft'.
Remember it
ALOFT hides LOFT — the high room under a roof — so anything ALOFT is up where the loft is.
A little poem
A hawk hangs aloft,
stitched to nothing but the wind-
then it lets the wind go.
haiku
What it teaches
What rises aloft still answers to the wind; height is borrowed, never owned.
Quick facts
What does ALOFT mean?
Up in or into the air, especially high overhead.
Is ALOFT a valid word?
Yes — ALOFT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ALOFT?
ALOFT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ALOFT come from?
From Middle English 'aloft', borrowed from Old Norse 'á lopti' meaning 'in the air' — 'á' (on, in) plus 'lopt' (air, sky, upper room), a cousin of English 'loft'.
What can ALOFT teach us?
What rises aloft still answers to the wind; height is borrowed, never owned.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.