soar

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Scrabble points
4
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4
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/sɔː/
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/sɔː/ · /soɹ/ · /so(ː)ɹ/ · /soə/ · /sɔː(ɹ)/

Definition of soar

8 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive)To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
    “When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,”
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verb

  1. (intransitive)To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
    “When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,”
  2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
  3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
  4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
    “The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.”
    “A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year.”
  5. (figuratively)To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
    “Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles,”
    “Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune.”
    “KORRIS: I have tasted your heart. You have been with them, but you are still "of" us. Do not deny the challenge of your destiny. Get off your knees and soar. Open your eyes and let the dream take flight.”

noun

  1. The act of soaring.
    “c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor this apparent soar of the hooded falcon”
  2. An upward flight.

name

  1. A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.

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Etymology

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

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