soar
soar definition
soar (sôr)
intransitive verb
- to rise or fly high into the air
- to fly, sail, or glide along high in the air
- to glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air: said of an aircraft, esp. a glider
- to rise above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated soaring prices, soaring spirits
Etymology: ME soren < OFr essorer, to expose (wings) to the air, hence soar, as a falcon < VL *exaurare < L ex-, out + aura, air: see aura
transitive verb
Old Poet. to reach by soaring
noun
- soaring range or height
- the act of soaring
Related Forms:
- soarer soar′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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