SOAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soar mean? 

• SOAR (noun)
  The noun SOAR has 1 sense:

1. the act of rising upward into the air

  Familiarity information: SOAR used as a noun is very rare.

• SOAR (verb)
  The verb SOAR has 5 senses:

1. rise rapidly

2. fly by means of a hang glider

3. fly upwards or high in the sky

4. go or move upward

5. fly a plane without an engine

  Familiarity information: SOAR used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rising upward into the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

soar; zoom

Hypernyms ("soar" is a kind of...):

ascending; ascension; ascent; rise (the act of changing location in an upward direction)

Derivation:

soar (fly upwards or high in the sky)

soar (fly by means of a hang glider)

• SOAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they soar    ... he / she / it soars   
Past simple: soared   
Past participle: soared   
-ing form: soaring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise rapidly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom

Context example:

the dollar soared against the yen

Hypernyms (to "soar" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "soar"):

billow; wallow (rise up as if in waves)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fly by means of a hang glider

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hang glide; soar

Hypernyms (to "soar" is one way to...):

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

"Soar" entails doing...:

glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

soar (the act of rising upward into the air)

soaring (the activity of flying a glider)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Fly upwards or high in the sky

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "soar" is one way to...):

fly; wing (travel through the air; be airborne)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Derivation:

soar (the act of rising upward into the air)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Go or move upward

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced

Hypernyms (to "soar" is one way to...):

climb; go up; rise (increase in value or to a higher point)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 5

Meaning:

Fly a plane without an engine

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sailplane; soar

Hypernyms (to "soar" is one way to...):

glide (fly in or as if in a glider plane)

"Soar" entails doing...:

aviate; fly; pilot (operate an airplane)

Domain category:

air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

soaring (the activity of flying a glider)

 Context examples 

It had then filled me with a sublime ecstasy that gave wings to the soul and allowed it to soar from the obscure world to light and joy.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Then, the next moment, we would lift and soar upward while they sank far down beneath us.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

‘Pooh, man; you should soar above it.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was the 22nd flyby during which the solar-powered spacecraft collected science data on the gas giant, soaring only 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) above its cloud tops.

(NASA's Juno Navigators Enable Jupiter Cyclone Discovery, NASA)

Ambition soared on mad wings, and he saw himself climbing the heights with her, sharing thoughts with her, pleasuring in beautiful and noble things with her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Over time, the popularity of this practice soared.

(Belly up to the bamboo buffet: Pandas vs. horses, NSF)

During its mission of exploration, Juno soars low over the planet's cloud tops — as close as about 2,100 miles (3,400 kilometers).

(NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io, NASA)

My fancy was soaring out to my father upon the waters, when a word from Jim brought it back on to the grass like a broken-winged gull.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In an instant the nearest male gave a shrill, whistling cry, and flapped its twenty-foot span of leathery wings as it soared up into the air.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Even in our professional correspondence, said Mr. Micawber, glancing at some letters he was writing, the mind is not at liberty to soar to any exalted form of expression.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)