take aloft
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To successfully fly (an aircraft) into the air.
Example Sentences
- "On September 21, 1919, I took aloft for a spin over Washington and the surrounding territory, 17 distinguished passengers, including the Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, and several United States Senators."
- "Here the fiery angel once more took aloft"
- "From Buin Lieutenant (jg) Kawamata took aloft at 0850 fifteen Zero 32s from the 6th Air Group, reported inbound at 1017 by Kennedy."