soar
noun
1. the act of rising upward into the air
Similar word(s): zoom
Definition categories: act, ascending, ascension, ascent, rise
Sentences with soar as a noun:
- This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
verb
1. rise rapidly
- the dollar soared against the yen
Definition categories: motion, arise, lift, rise, uprise
2. fly by means of a hang glider
Definition categories: motion, aviate, fly, pilot
3. fly upwards or high in the sky
Definition categories: motion, fly, wing
4. go or move upward
- The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced
Definition categories: change, climb, rise
5. fly a plane without an engine
Similar word(s): sailplane
Definition categories: motion, glide
Sentences with soar as a verb:
- When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.
- The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
- Where the deep transported mind may soar. John Milton.Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Joseph Addison