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ROARING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Example:
his bellow filled the hallway
Synonyms:
bellow; bellowing; holla; holler; hollering; hollo; holloa; roar; roaring; yowl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("roaring" is a kind of...):
call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)
Derivation:
roar (utter words loudly and forcefully)
roar (emit long loud cries)
roar (make a loud noise, as of animal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A deep prolonged loud noise
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("roaring" 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)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very lively and profitable
Example:
did a thriving business in orchids
Synonyms:
booming; flourishing; palmy; prospering; prosperous; roaring; thriving
Classified under:
Similar:
successful (having succeeded or being marked by a favorable outcome)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb roar
IV. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely
Example:
roaring drunk
Classified under:
Context examples:
It can cause severe dizziness, a roaring sound in your ears called tinnitus, hearing loss that comes and goes and the feeling of ear pressure or pain.
(Meniere's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
My devil had been long caged, he came out roaring.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The whirl of the two bodies had already started, and still roaring, or bellowing, he pursued this whirl down the room, overtaking it when it fell to the floor.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
It is like the dead-march of a gnat amid the trumpeting of elephants and the roaring of lions.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
I had found sublimity and wonder in the dread heights and precipices, in the roaring torrents, and the wastes of ice and snow; but as yet, they had taught me nothing else.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The long sweep of green water roaring forever down, and the thick flickering curtain of spray hissing forever upward, turn a man giddy with their constant whirl and clamour.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The dusk had come nigh hand completely, and as I opened out the cleft between the two peaks, I became aware of a wavering glow against the sky, where, as I judged, the man of the island was cooking his supper before a roaring fire.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For herself, she did nothing but caper about in the front chambers, jump on and off the bedsteads, and lie on the mattresses and piled-up bolsters and pillows before the enormous fires roaring in the chimneys.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
On one side was a table occupied by some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper; and on the other were tressels and trays, bending under the weight of brawn and cold pies, where riotous boys were holding high revel; the whole completed by a roaring Christmas fire, which seemed determined to be heard, in spite of all the noise of the others.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
The minute he was put into bed on one side, he rolled out on the other, and made for the door, only to be ignominiously caught up by the tail of his little toga and put back again, which lively performance was kept up till the young man's strength gave out, when he devoted himself to roaring at the top of his voice.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
