soar
see also: Soar
Pronunciation
Soar
Pronunciation Proper noun
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see also: Soar
Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: sô, IPA: /sɔː/
- (America) enPR: sôr, IPA: /sɔɹ/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: sōr, IPA: /so(ː)ɹ/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /soə/
soar (soars, present participle soaring; past and past participle soared)
- (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
- 1812, Lord Byron, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: Printed for John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], OCLC 22697011 ↗, canto I, stanza LII, page 34 ↗:
- When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
- To mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
- To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
- To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
- The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
- (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
- 1673, John Milton, Poems, &c. upon Several Occaſions., London: Printed for Tho. Dring […] , OCLC 1050806759 ↗, page 65 ↗:
- Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles,
- 1713, Joseph Addison, Cato, published 1712, [Act 2, scene 4]:
- Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune.
- French: monter, s'élever
- German: hochfliegen
- Russian: взлета́ть
- Spanish: elevarse
- French: grimper en flèche, monter en flèche, s'élancer, s'envoler
- German: hochschnellen, aufstreben, hochragen
- Russian: взлета́ть
- Russian: воспаря́ть
soar (plural soars)
Translations- French: essor
- Portuguese: pairada
- Russian: паре́ние
- French: envol
- Russian: взлёт
Soar
Pronunciation Proper noun
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