# soaring

Pronunciation: US say "SOR-ing" /ˈsoɹɪŋ/; UK say "SAW-ring" /ˈsɔːɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of soar. — present participle and gerund of soar
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of soar. Use this form for flying or rising high that is happening now.
   - _Fuel prices kept soaring all through the winter._
   - _Soaring far above the valley, the glider caught the afternoon light._

## Adjective

2. Ascending; rising steeply upward, frequently in a figurative sense.
   - Simple: Rising up high, or going up fast.
   - _The soaring spires of the cathedral drew every visitor's eye upward._
   - _Investors grew anxious over soaring inflation and shrinking returns._

## Noun

3. Flight high on the wing, or the rising of thought or imagination to lofty heights.
   - Simple: The act of flying high in the air, or of letting the mind rise to great ideas.
   - _The effortless soaring of the eagles on warm currents mesmerized the hikers._
   - _Critics praised the imaginative soaring that lifted her prose above the ordinary._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/soaring (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).