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soar
/soɹ/
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What does soar mean?
verb
- To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
More meanings (6)
verb
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- To increase rapidly in number, volume, size, or amount.
noun
- The act of soaring.
- An upward flight.
proper noun
- A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
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IPA pronunciation
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For years they worked at their self-imposed task of constructing a flying machine which would really soar among the clouds.
Among the flashing waves are two white birds Which swoop, and soar, and scream for very joy At the wild sport.
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We are a race of tit-men, and soar but little higher in our intellectual flights than the columns of the daily paper.
Who finds the partridge in the puttock’s nest But may imagine how the bird was dead, Although the kite soar with unbloodied beak?
Their ability to soar to a great height offered them complete protection against gun-fire, and accordingly sallies over the hostile lines were carried out.