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SOAR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rising upward into the air

Synonyms:

soar; zoom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Go or move upward

Example:

The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

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

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fly a plane without an engine

Synonyms:

sailplane; soar

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

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:

Rise rapidly

Example:

the dollar soared against the yen

Synonyms:

soar; soar up; soar upwards; surge; zoom

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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 5

Meaning:

Fly by means of a hang glider

Synonyms:

hang glide; soar

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

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 Context examples: 

And in that moment the sapling reared its slender length upright and the rabbit soared dancing in the air again.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

During its mission of exploration, Juno will circle the Jovian world 37 times, soaring low over the planet's cloud tops — as close as about 2,600 miles (4,100 kilometers).

(Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View, NASA)

If you are active in social media, your stars show you will attract followers easily, for your popularity will soar this year.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Thornton’s doubt was strong in his face, but his fighting spirit was aroused—the fighting spirit that soars above odds, fails to recognize the impossible, and is deaf to all save the clamor for battle.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I see at intervals the glance of a curious sort of bird through the close-set bars of a cage: a vivid, restless, resolute captive is there; were it but free, it would soar cloud-high.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

As he spoke he raised his arbalest to his shoulder and was about to pull the trigger, when a large gray stork flapped heavily into view skimming over the brow of the hill, and then soaring up into the air to pass the valley.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was like strong drink, firing him to audacities of feeling,—a drug that laid hold of his imagination and went cloud-soaring through the sky.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It soared upward with a swift rush, till it reached its topmost note, where it persisted, palpitant and tense, and then slowly died away.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

—it may be a very beautiful spirit that will go soaring up into the blue from that ugly carcass.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Still more pleased was he when, inverting a leathern pouch over the end of the reed, and so filling it with the gas, he was able to send it soaring up into the air.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)