soar

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English [edit]

A hawk soars.

Etymology [edit]

From French s'essorer (to soar), essorer (to dry (by exposing to the air)), from Latin ex (out) + aura (the air, a breeze), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aura, breath). Compare aura, and exhale.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)

  1. To fly aloft with little effort, as a bird.
    When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.
  2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
  3. To fly 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.
  5. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
    Where the deep transported mind may soar. John Milton.
    Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. Joseph Addison

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Noun [edit]

soar (plural soars)

  1. The act of soaring.
    This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
  2. An upward flight.

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Galician [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Latin sonare

Verb [edit]

soar (first-person sg present soo, first-person sg preterite soei, past participle soado)

  1. make a sound

Conjugation [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Latin solum

Noun [edit]

soar f (plural soares)

  1. building land

Manx [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Noun [edit]

soar m

  1. smell

Verb [edit]

soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

  1. to smell

Mutation [edit]

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
soar hoar
after "yn", toar
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Latin sonare

Verb [edit]

soar (first-person singular present indicative soo, past participle soado)

  1. make a sound

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Volapük [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French soir (evening).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /soˈaɾ/

Noun [edit]

soar (plural soars)

  1. evening

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