soaring

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of soar. Use this form for flying or rising high that is happening now.

   The hawk was soaring high above the open fields.

   Soaring on the warm breeze, the kite climbed quickly.

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2. 2
   adjectivefiguratively

   Rising up high, or going up fast.

   Like a balloon climbing higher and higher into the sky.

   The soaring towers of the church reached far above the rooftops.

   Shoppers complained about the soaring prices at the market.

   Similartowering, lofty, rising

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   The act of flying high in the air, or of letting the mind rise to great ideas.

   Like a bird gliding high up without flapping its wings.

   The soaring of the hawks above the cliffs lasted for hours.

   We watched the slow soaring of the gliders over the hills.

   Similargliding, flight

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