Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soar \Soar\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics)
To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of
altitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by
exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze;
akin to Gr. ?????.]
1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as
on wings. --Chaucer.
When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.
--Byron.
2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be
exalted in mood.
Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton.
Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune.
--Addison.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soar \Soar\, n.
The act of soaring; upward flight.
This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. --Coleridge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soar \Soar\, a.
See 3d {Sore}. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soar \Soar\, a.
See {Sore}, reddish brown.
{Soar falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sore falcon}, under {Sore}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soar
n : the act of rising upward into the air [syn: {zoom}]
v 1: rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage [syn: {soar up}, {soar
upwards}, {surge}, {zoom}]
2: fly by means of a hang glider [syn: {hang glide}]
3: fly upwards or high in the sky
4: go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the
cease-fire was announced"
5: fly a plane without an engine [syn: {sailplane}]
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