Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To rise or fly into the air.
- intransitive verb To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.
- intransitive verb To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level: synonym: rise.
- noun The act of soaring.
- noun The altitude or scope attained in soaring.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
sore . - noun The act of soaring, or rising in the air.
- noun The height attained in soaring; the range of one who or that which soars.
- To mount on wings, or as on wings, through the air; fly aloft, as a bird or other winged creature; specifically, to rise and remain on the wing without visible movements of the pinions.
- To mount or rise aloft; rise, or seem to rise, lightly in the air.
- To float, as at the surface of a liquid.
- To rise mentally, morally, or socially; aspire beyond the commonplace or ordinary level.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of soaring; upward flight.
- intransitive verb To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
- intransitive verb Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- intransitive verb (Aëronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.
- adjective obsolete See 3d
sore . - adjective See
sore , reddish brown. - adjective (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under
Sore .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To fly
aloft with little effort, as abird . - verb To
mount upward on wings, or as on wings. - verb To fly by means of a
glider or other unpowered aircraft. - verb To
rise , especially rapidly or unusually high. - verb figuratively To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- noun The act of
soaring . - noun An
upward flight.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb fly by means of a hang glider
- verb go or move upward
- verb rise rapidly
- verb fly upwards or high in the sky
- noun the act of rising upward into the air
- verb fly a plane without an engine
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But, the sale of twice as many higher-strike calls exposes the investor to losses should shares in the name soar 61.2% over the current price to surpass the upper breakeven point at $20.10 by expiration day in January 2012.
Bulls Tune Into TiVO Calls, Bears Tear Into Abercrombie Andrew Wilkinson 2011
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But, the sale of twice as many higher-strike calls exposes the investor to losses should shares in the name soar 61.2% over the current price to surpass the upper breakeven point at $20.10 by expiration day in January 2012.
Bulls Tune Into TiVO Calls, Bears Tear Into Abercrombie Andrew Wilkinson 2011
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The only way to make those approval ratings soar is to GIVE THE PEOPLE THE PUBLIC OPTION – at the very LEAST.
Think Progress » Democrats Need To Pass A Comprehensive Health Care Bill 2010
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The only way to make those approval ratings soar is to GIVE THE PEOPLE THE PUBLIC OPTION – at the very LEAST.
Think Progress » Democrats Need To Pass A Comprehensive Health Care Bill 2010
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It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy that gave wings to the soul, and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy.
Chapter 10 2010
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And his stance on the exorbitant profits of oil companies while record high gas prices continue to soar is just plain sorry.
Think Progress » 32% 2006
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The multiple flowers seem to literally soar from the plant.
07/01/2005 2005
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Thus the spiral of the arms race - nuclear, conventional, laser and other - will again soar steeply undermining strategic stability.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Nobel Lecture 1985
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Whoever is satisfied of this, let him soar from the ground and give a caw!
Parables From Nature 1857
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But, the sale of twice as many higher-strike calls exposes the investor to losses should shares in the name soar 61.2% over the current price to surpass the upper breakeven point at $20.10 by expiration day in January
Forbes.com: News Andrew Wilkinson 2011
bilby commented on the word soar
Here soar
Not with wings,
But with your moving hands and feet
And sweating brows -
Standing by your Beloved's side
Reaching out to comfort this world
With your cup of solace
Drawn from your vast reservoir of Truth.
Here soar
Not with your eyes and senses
That turn their backs
On the earth's sweet stumbling dance
Which needs you.
- 'The Subject Tonight is Love': versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky.
December 16, 2007