ROAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roar mean? 

• ROAR (noun)
  The noun ROAR has 3 senses:

1. a deep prolonged loud noise

2. a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

3. the sound made by a lion

  Familiarity information: ROAR used as a noun is uncommon.

• ROAR (verb)
  The verb ROAR has 6 senses:

1. make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

2. utter words loudly and forcefully

3. emit long loud cries

4. act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way

5. make a loud noise, as of animal

6. laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

  Familiarity information: ROAR used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deep prolonged loud noise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

boom; roar; roaring; thunder

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

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Derivation:

roar (make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl

Context example:

his bellow filled the hallway

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

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

roar (laugh unrestrainedly and heartily)

roar (utter words loudly and forcefully)

roar (emit long loud cries)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The sound made by a lion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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

cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)

Derivation:

roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)

• ROAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they roar    ... he / she / it roars   
Past simple: roared   
Past participle: roared   
-ing form: roaring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

howl; roar

Context example:

The water roared down the chute

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

make noise; noise; resound (emit a noise)

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

vroom (make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving)

bawl; yawp (make a raucous noise)

thunder (to make or produce a loud noise)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence examples:

Cars roar in the streets
The streets roar with cars

Derivation:

roar; roaring (a deep prolonged loud noise)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter words loudly and forcefully

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

roar; thunder

Context example:

'Get out of here,' he roared

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

shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue roar
They roar that there was a traffic accident

Derivation:

roar (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

roarer (someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice)

roaring (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Emit long loud cries

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

howl; roar; ululate; wail; yaup; yawl

Context example:

howl with sorrow

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

call; cry; holler; hollo; scream; shout; shout out; squall; yell (utter a sudden loud cry)

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

squall; waul; wawl (make high-pitched, whiney noises)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

roar; roaring (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town

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

continue; go forward; proceed (move ahead; travel onward in time or space)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They roar up the hill

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make a loud noise, as of animal

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bellow; roar

Context example:

The bull bellowed

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

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frames:

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

Sentence example:

The animals roar

Derivation:

roar (the sound made by a lion)

roarer (someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice)

roaring (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

howl; roar

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

express joy; express mirth; laugh (produce laughter)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

roar (a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal))

 Context examples 

He talked, or rather roared, with such energy that others could but sit and listen, cowed with the mighty stream of words.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“By the powers, Ben Gunn!” roared Silver.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Dismal enough in the dark,” he said: “and the sea roars as if it were hungry for us. Is that the boat, where I see a light yonder?” “That's the boat,” said I.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He roared out the catch in a harsh, unmusical voice, and ended with a shout of laughter.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I am Oz, the Great and Terrible," spoke the Beast, in a voice that was one great roar.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“I don’t care who you are. You can go to blazes!” roared the angry voice.

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

‘Yes, thief!’ I roared, shaking him by the shoulder.

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

Day came, and still the wind beat on our faces and the white seas roared past.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Flash floods, which can develop quickly, often have a dangerous wall of roaring water.

(Floods, Federal Emergency Management Agency)