Hypertext Webster Gateway: "soaring"
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)
Soaring \Soar"ing\,
a. & n. from {Soar}. -- {Soar"ing*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
soaring
adj 1: ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual;
"soaring prices"
2: moving to great heights with little apparent effort; "a
soaring eagle"
3: of imposing height; especially standing out above others;
"an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires
of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs" [syn: {eminent}, {lofty},
{towering}]
n : the activity of flying a glider [syn: {glide}, {gliding}, {sailplaning},
{sailing}]
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