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soar

  • verb
  • sôr

To fly high with little effort, like a bird.

Other meanings

  1. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.

  2. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.

Related words

  • outsoar
  • oversoar
  • soarable
  • soaraway
  • soarer
  • upsoar
  • self-soar

Word history

From Ancient Greek "αὔρα" (breath).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “soar” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.