soar

intr.v., soared, soar·ing, soars.

1. To rise, fly, or glide high and with little apparent effort.
2. To climb swiftly or powerfully.
3. To glide in an aircraft while maintaining altitude.
4. To ascend suddenly above the normal or usual level: Our spirits soared. See synonyms at rise.

n.

1. The act of soaring.
2. The altitude or scope attained in soaring.

[Middle English soren, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin *exaurāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin aura, air (from Greek, breeze; see aura).]

soarer soar'er n.
soaringly soar'ing·ly adv.

verb

1. To move from a lower to a higher position: arise, ascend, climb, lift, mount, rise. See rise/fall.
2. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, mount, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal beef up. See increase/decrease.
3. To rise abruptly and precipitously: rocket, sky, skyrocket. Informal shoot up. See increase/decrease.

v

Definition: climb, fly
Antonyms: land, plummet

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IN BRIEF: To rise or fly high into the air.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. — Helen Keller (1880-1968).

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like "soar" which means to fly, is "sore" which is an injury.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - stige til vejrs, stige, hæve sig, flyve højt, svæve højt, stige stærkt
n. - høj flugt

Nederlands (Dutch)
ver-/oprijzen, hoog vliegen

Français (French)
v. intr. - (gén, Fin) dépasser, prendre son essor, planer, s'élever (littér), se dresser (une tour)
n. - essor

Deutsch (German)
v. - aufsteigen, segeln, schnell steigen
n. - Aufsteigen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ανέρχομαι, εξακοντίζομαι, εκτοξεύομαι ή πετώ στα ύψη, ζυγίζομαι στον αέρα
n. - άνοδος ή πτήση (σε μεγάλο ύψος), ραγδαία άνοδος, εξακόντιση ή εκτόξευση (στα ύψη)

Italiano (Italian)
librarsi, innalzarsi molto

Português (Portuguese)
v. - planar, voar à vela
n. - pairar nos ares, voar a grande altura

Русский (Russian)
парить, высоко летать, набирать высоту, взлетать, стремительно повышаться, возвышаться (о горах/здании), парение, полет, взлет, высота (полета)

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - remontarse, cernerse, elevarse, volar, planear
n. - vuelo, remonte

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skjuta i höjden, flyga högt, sväva, segelflyga, glidflyga
n. - glidflygningshöjd, glidflygningsavstånd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
往上飞舞, 翱翔, 高耸, 高飞, 高涨, 猛增的程度

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 往上飛舞, 翱翔, 高聳
n. - 高飛, 高漲, 高聳, 猛增的程度

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 하늘높이 날아 오르다, (목소리가) 울려 퍼지다, (물가 따위가) 급등하다
n. - 높이 날아 오름, 비상의 한도

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 舞い上がる, 空を舞う, 急騰する, 高まる, 高くそびえる, 高揚する
n. - 飛翔

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحلق أو يحوم في ألجو (الاسم) تحليق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮המריא, הרקיע שחקים, ריחף במרומים, דאה, עלה, נסק‬
n. - ‮המראה, הרקעת שחקים‬

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