I saw a flock of birds flying aloft.
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Aloft
//əˈlɔft//
Synonyms for "aloft" (36 found)
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25 translations across 12 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὕψι adv (In the air, high up)
- ὕψῐ adv (above)
Bulgarian
2 entries- високо adv (above)
- нависоко adv (above)
Czech
4 entries- nahoře adv (above)
- ve vzduchu adv (In the air, high up)
- ve výšce adv (In the air, high up)
- ve výšce adv (above)
Esperanto
1 entries- supre adv (above)
Finnish
4 entries- ilmassa adv (In the air, high up)
- korkealla adv (In the air, high up)
- ylhäällä adv (above)
- ylhäällä mastossa adv (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging)
French
3 entries- en haut adv (above)
- en l'air adv (In the air, high up)
- en l'air adv (above)
Irish
1 entries- i gcrann adv (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging)
Italian
2 entries- all`apice adv (in the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging)
- sopra adv (above)
Māori
1 entries- kaurera adv (In the air, high up)
Portuguese
1 entries- nas alturas adv (above)
Russian
1 entries- высоко adv (above)
Slovak
2 entries- hore adv (above)
- vysoko adv (above)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
They marched to Santiago with their flag aloft.
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A lightweight sensor attached to alpine swifts reveals that the small migratory birds can remain aloft for more than 200 days without touching down.
Source: tatoeba (5172271)
Until now, opinions differed over the question of whether birds could sleep while aloft.
Source: tatoeba (5172276)
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