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Meaning of alow | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1
əˈləʊ

Definitions

  1. Low down.
    Scotland, not-comparable
  2. Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
    not-comparable

Examples

“Sometimes aloft he layd, sometimes alow, / Now here, now there, and oft him neare he mist […].”
“I think you said something concerning the manner in which yonder ship has anchored, and of the condition they keep things alow and aloft?”
“Ay, Ay, Ay, all is up; and I must up too / Early in the morning, aloft from alow.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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