soar

UK /sɔː/ US /sɔː/
verb 5noun 2name 1

Definitions

verb

1

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

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

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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