"come aloft" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-come aloft.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes aloft [present, singular, third-person], coming aloft [participle, present], came aloft [past], come aloft [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> aloft}} come aloft (third-person singular simple present comes aloft, present participle coming aloft, simple past came aloft, past participle come aloft)
  1. (obsolete, slang) To mount sexually; to have an erection. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Genitalia, Sex
    Sense id: en-come_aloft-en-verb-Lx0O6M-C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for come aloft meaning in English (2.0kB)

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