soar

Etymology

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA^(key): /sɔː/
• (General American) enPR: sôr, IPA^(key): /sɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: sōr, IPA^(key): /so(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /soə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Homophones: sore, sower; saw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)

Verb

soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)

1. to fly aloft with little effort, as a bird.
   • Byron

     When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.

2. to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
3. to remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
4. to rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.

   The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.

5. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
   • John Milton

     where the deep transported mind may soar

   • Joseph Addison

     Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune.

Noun

soar (plural soars)

1. The act of soaring.
   • Samuel Taylor Coleridge

     this apparent soar of the hooded falcon

2. An upward flight.

References

• soar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, SORA, Sora, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, sora

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō.

Etymology 2

From Latin solum.

Noun

soar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. smell

Verb

soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

1. to smell

Mutation

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin sonāre, present active infinitive of sonō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swen- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈaɾ/, /ˈswaɾ/
  • Homophone: suar
• Hyphenation: so‧ar

Verb

soar (first-person singular present indicative soo, past participle soado)

1. make a sound
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

   Isso não soa bem. ― That doesn't sound good.

Etymology

Borrowed from French soir (“evening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈaɾ/

Noun

soar (plural soars)

1. evening