See aloft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island:",
"text": "Someone's turned the chest out alow and aloft.",
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"ref": "1954, William Golding, Lord of the Flies:",
"text": "He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.",
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"ref": "2017 June 11, Ben Fisher, “England seal Under-20 World Cup glory as Dominic Calvert-Lewin strikes”, in the Guardian:",
"text": "Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.",
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"word": "nas alturas"
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"ref": "1859, James Fenimore Cooper, The Red Rover: A Tale:",
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"(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging."
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"word": "come aloft"
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"text": "He noticed that he still held the knife aloft and brought his arm down, replacing the blade in the sheath.",
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"text": "Lewis Cook held the trophy aloft after becoming the first England captain to lead his country to victory in a major global final since Sir Bobby Moore. A white sea of confetti slowly filled the pitch, with each England player taking hold of the trophy on the stage swiftly erected in Suwon to kick-start the celebrations.",
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"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ilmassa"
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{
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"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "korkealla"
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"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "en l’air"
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"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "ὕψι"
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{
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"sense": "In the air, high up",
"word": "kaurera"
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"roman": "visoko",
"sense": "above",
"word": "високо"
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{
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "above",
"word": "нависоко"
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"sense": "above",
"word": "ylhäällä"
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"sense": "above",
"word": "yläpuolella"
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"lang": "French",
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"word": "en l’air"
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"sense": "above",
"word": "ὕψῐ"
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"word": "sopra"
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"word": "ylhäällä mastossa"
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "i gcrann"
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"sense": "in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging",
"word": "all`apice"
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"word": "aloft"
}
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