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   soar

   /sôr/

   verb

   • 1. fly or rise high in the air: "the bird spread its wings and soared into the air" Similar fly upwingwing its waytake offtake flighttake to the airascendclimbrisemountOpposite plummet
   • ▪ maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power: "the gulls soared on the summery winds" Similar glideplanefloatdriftwheelhanghover
   • ▪ increase rapidly above the usual level: "the cost of living continued to soar" Similar increase rapidlyshoot uprise rapidlyescalatespiral upwardsinformal:go through the ceilinggo through the roofskyrocket

   Word Origin late Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. soarer noun

   Scrabble Points: 4

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     SOARING definition: 1. rising very quickly to a high level:...

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     SOAR meaning: 1. to rise very quickly to a high level: 2. to...

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   To soar means more than just to fly; it means to rise swiftly, to feel the wind slipping below you as you ride it higher, higher, higher. Flying is just moving through the air. Soaring, though, suggests exhilaration, even joy.

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