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verb
To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
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.
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.
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.
noun
The act of soaring.
c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor this apparent soar of the hooded falcon
An upward flight.
name
A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.