Meanings
soar1
present singular third person soars · participle present soaring · participle past soared · past soared
- intransitiveTo fly high with little effort, like a bird.
When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza LII, page 34 - 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.
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A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year.
2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 57Synonyms: aspire
- figurativelyTo rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune.
1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 252 more examples
Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles,
1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 65KORRIS: I have tasted your heart. You have been with them, but you are still "of" us. Do not deny the challenge of your destiny. Get off your knees and soar. Open your eyes and let the dream take flight.
1988 March 21, Vaughn Armstrong, Heart of Glory (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC
plural soars
Soar2
- A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
verbTo increase rapidly in number, volume, size, or amount.
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Origin
soar · verb, noun
- Ancient Greekαὔρα“breath”
- Latinex“out”
- Vulgar Latin*exaurare“to rise into the air”
- Old Frenchessorer“to fly up, soar”
- Middle Englishsoren
- Englishsoar
From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.
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Full word history & related roots →Soar · proper noun
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-“to flow, run”
- EnglishSoar
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”), similar to the Latin river name Saravus and Sar in Spain.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian рея се, издигам се
- рея се (reja se)to fly aloft with little effort
- издигам се (izdigam se)to mount upward on wings
- планирам (planiram)to fly by means of a glider
- планиране (planirane)act of soaring
- издигане (izdigane)upward flight
Catalan planar, planar
- planarto fly aloft with little effort
- planarto fly by means of a glider
Chinese Mandarin 翱翔, 高飛 /高飞
- 翱翔 (áoxiáng)to fly aloft with little effort
- 高飛 /高飞 (gāofēi)to fly aloft with little effort
- 崛起 (juéqǐ)to rise rapidly or high
- 飛漲 /飞涨 (fēizhǎng)to rise rapidly or high
Danish svæve, svæve
- svæveto fly aloft with little effort
- svæveto fly by means of a glider
Dutch zweven, opstijgen
- zwevento fly aloft with little effort
- opstijgento mount upward on wings
- scherenact of soaring
Esperanto suprenŝvebi
- suprenŝvebito fly aloft with little effort
Finnish liitää, liidellä
- liitääto fly aloft with little effort
- liidelläto fly aloft with little effort
- noustato mount upward on wings
- kohotato mount upward on wings
- lentääto fly by means of a glider
- liitääto fly by means of a glider
- ampaista ylösto rise rapidly or high
- noustato rise rapidly or high
- noustato rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- kohotato rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- lentääto rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- liitääto rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- liitoact of soaring
- liitelyact of soaring
- nousuupward flight
French planer, monter
- planerto fly aloft with little effort
- monterto mount upward on wings
- s'éleverto mount upward on wings
- planerto fly by means of a glider
- grimper en flècheto rise rapidly or high
- monter en flècheto rise rapidly or high
- s'élancerto rise rapidly or high
- s'envolerto rise rapidly or high
- essoract of soaring
- envolupward flight
German schweben, hochfliegen
- schwebento fly aloft with little effort
- hochfliegento mount upward on wings
- gleitento fly by means of a glider
- hochschnellento rise rapidly or high
- aufstrebento rise rapidly or high
- hochragento rise rapidly or high
Hebrew דָּאָה
- דָּאָה (daá)to fly aloft with little effort
Indonesian melayang, menjulang
- melayangto fly aloft with little effort
- menjulangto rise rapidly or high
Japanese 舞う, 翔る
- 舞う (mau)to fly aloft with little effort
- 翔る (kakeru)to fly aloft with little effort
- 舞い上がる (maiagaru)to rise rapidly or high
- 滑空する (kakkū suru)to rise rapidly or high
- 聳える (sobieru)to rise rapidly or high
Māori tauihi, paho
- tauihito fly aloft with little effort
- pahoto fly aloft with little effort
Norwegian Bokmål sveve, stige
- sveveto fly aloft with little effort
- stigeto mount upward on wings
- glideto fly by means of a glider
- glito fly by means of a glider
- glideflyto fly by means of a glider
- stigeto rise rapidly or high
Polish szybować, poszybować
- szybowaćto fly aloft with little effort
- poszybowaćto fly aloft with little effort
- wzbijać sięto mount upward on wings
- wzbić sięto mount upward on wings
- wzlatywaćto rise rapidly or high
- wzleciećto rise rapidly or high
- wznoszenieupward flight
Portuguese pairar, planar
- pairarto fly aloft with little effort
- planarto fly aloft with little effort
- planarto fly by means of a glider
- pairadaact of soaring
Russian пари́ть, вита́ть
- пари́ть (parítʹ)to fly aloft with little effort
- вита́ть (vitátʹ)to fly aloft with little effort
- взлета́ть (vzletátʹ)to mount upward on wings
- взлете́ть (vzletétʹ)to mount upward on wings
- воспаря́ть (vosparjátʹ)to mount upward on wings
- воспари́ть (vosparítʹ)to mount upward on wings
- взмыть (vzmytʹ)to mount upward on wings
- взмывать (vzmyvatʹ)to mount upward on wings
- пари́ть (parítʹ)to fly by means of a glider
- плани́ровать (planírovatʹ)to fly by means of a glider
- лета́ть (letátʹ)to fly by means of a glider
- лете́ть (letétʹ)to fly by means of a glider
- паре́ние (parénije)act of soaring
- полёт (poljót)act of soaring
- взлёт (vzljot)upward flight
- подъём (podʺjóm)upward flight
Spanish planear, elevarse
- planearto fly aloft with little effort
- elevarseto mount upward on wings
- planarto fly by means of a glider
- estar por las nubesto rise rapidly or high
- ponerse por las nubesto rise rapidly or high
- dispararseto rise rapidly or high
Swedish stiga, skjuta i höjden
- stigato rise rapidly or high
- skjuta i höjdento rise rapidly or high
Turkish süzülmek, kanatlanmak
- süzülmekto fly aloft with little effort
- kanatlanmakto mount upward on wings
- uçmakto fly by means of a glider
- yükselmekto rise rapidly or high
- tüngümekto rise rapidly or high
- ermekto rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- yükselmekto rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
- tüngümekto rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood
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