soar

Formssoars, soaring, soared

Pluralsoars

1. 1
   verbintransitive

   To fly high in the air without much effort, like a bird.

   Like a kite that stays up high in the sky without you moving at all.

   Eagles soar high above the valley for hours at a time.

   The hawk soared on the warm afternoon breeze.

   Similarglide, sail, fly, wheel

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2. 2
   verbintransitive

   To go up very quickly or to a very high level.

   Like a balloon shooting straight up into the sky.

   Prices soar whenever fuel becomes scarce.

   Temperatures soared past a hundred degrees last week.

   Similarskyrocket, rocket, surge, climb, rise

   Oppositeplummet, plunge, slump, fall

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3. 3
   verbintransitive

   To rise upward on wings, gliding on air that pushes up from below.

   Like a leaf carried upward by air rising from a hot road.

   Hawks soar by circling inside warm air that rises from the ground.

   The albatross soared for hours on the ocean winds without one wingbeat.

   Similarglide, rise, climb, ascend

   Oppositedescend, plummet

4. 4
   verbfigurativelyintransitive

   To feel very happy, hopeful, or full of big ideas.

   Like a happy feeling lifting you up the way a swing lifts you into the air.

   Their spirits soar whenever the team wins.

   My heart soared when I heard the good news.

   Similarrise, lift

   Oppositesink, flag

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A flight upward, high into the air.

   Like one big jump up into the sky that lasts a long time.

   The hawk made a graceful soar above the meadow.

   With one powerful soar, the eagle rose over the ridge.

   Similarclimb, ascent, rise

   Oppositedescent, dive

6. 6
   noun

   The act of flying or rising high through the air.

   Like the long, smooth ride of a kite staying high in the wind.

   The eagle's slow soar held everyone's attention.

   A long soar across the valley needs rising warm air.

   Similarglide, flight

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7. 7
   verbintransitive

   To stay up in the air using a glider or other aircraft with no engine.

   Like keeping a paper plane up in the air using only the wind.

   Pilots soar for hours in gliders on sunny days.

   She soared above the hills in her sailplane all afternoon.

   Similarglide

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