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Noun, Verb (intransitive)

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun soar has 1 sense

Verb soar has 5 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

soarv. i. [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. .].
  •  To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.  Chaucer.  [1913 Webster]
    "When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.  [1913 Webster]
    "Where the deep transported mind may soar."  [1913 Webster]
    "Valor soars above
    What the world calls misfortune.
    "  [1913 Webster]
  •  To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
soarn. 
     The act of soaring; upward flight.  [1913 Webster]
    "This apparent soar of the hooded falcon."  [1913 Webster]
soara. 
     See 3d Sore.  [1913 Webster]
soara. 
     See Sore, reddish brown.  [1913 Webster]
Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

soar, v.intr.
1 fly or rise high.
2 reach a high level or standard (prices soared).
3 maintain height in the air without flapping the wings or using power.

Derivative
soarer n. soaringly adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF essorer ult. f. L (as EX-(1), aura breeze)

THESAURUS

soar

advance, aeroplane, airlift, airplane, arise, ascend, aspire, back, back up, balloon, be airborne, become airborne, budge, bulk, bulk large, buss the clouds, change, change place, circle, claw skyward, climb, cruise, descend, drift, ebb, escalate, exceed, ferry, flit, float, flow, fly, fly aloft, gain altitude, get over, glide, go, go around, go round, go sideways, gyrate, hang, hop, hover, hydroplane, increase, jet, kite, leave the ground, lift, loom, loom large, mount, move, move over, navigate, outsoar, outstrip, overtop, plane, plunge, poise, progress, rear, regress, retrogress, rise, rise above, rocket, rotate, run, sail, sailplane, seaplane, shift, shoot, shoot up, sink, spin, spire, stand on tiptoe, stand out, stir, stream, subside, take off, take the air, take wing, tower, tower above, transcend, travel, up, uprear, uprise, volplane, wane, whirl, wing, zoom

ROGET THESAURUS

soar

Greatness

VB be great, run high, soar, tower, transcend, rise to a great height, carry to a great height, know no bounds, ascend, mount, enlarge.

Height

VB be high, tower, soar, command, hover, hover over, fly over, orbit, be in orbit, cap, culminate, overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount, perch, surmount, cover, overtop, stand on tiptoe, become high, grow higher, grow taller, upgrow, rise, send into orbit, render high, heighten.

Navigation

VB sail, put to sea, take ship, get under way, set sail, spread sail, spread canvas, gather way, have way on, make sail, carry sail, plow the waves, plow the deep, plow the main, plow the ocean, walk the waters, navigate, warp, luff, scud, boom, kedge, drift, course, cruise, coast, hug the shore, hug the land, circumnavigate, ply the oar, row, paddle, pull, scull, punt, steam, swim, float, buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade, fly, be wafted, hover, soar, flutter, jet, orbit, rocket, take wing, take a flight, take off, ascend, blast off, land, alight, wing one's flight, wing one's way, aviate, parachute, jump, glide.

Transcursion

VB transgress, surpass, pass, go beyond, go by, show in front, come to the front, shoot ahead of, steal a march upon, steal a gain upon, overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo, override, overleap, overjump, overskip, overlap, overshoot the mark, outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo, beat, beat hollow, distance, leave in the lurch, leave in the rear, throw into the shade, exceed, transcend, surmount, soar, encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on, strain, stretch a point, strain a point, cross the Rubicon.

Ascent

VB ascend, rise, mount, arise, uprise, go up, get up, work one's way up, start up, shoot up, go into orbit, float up, bubble up, aspire, climb, clamber, ramp, scramble, escalade, surmount, shin, shinny, shinney, scale, scale the heights, raise, elevate, go aloft, fly aloft, tower, soar, take off, spring up, pop up, jump up, catapult upwards, explode upwards, hover, spire, plane, swim, float, surge, leap.

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