Soar

Definition of Soar

v. i.1.To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
[imp. & p. p. Soared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaring.]
When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.
- Byron.
2.Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
Where the deep transported mind may soar.
- Milton.
Valor soars above
What the world calls misfortune.
- Addison.
3.(Aëronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.
n.1.The act of soaring; upward flight.
This apparent soar of the hooded falcon.
- Coleridge.
a.1.See 3d Sore.
1.See Sore, reddish brown.
Soar falcon
(Zool.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

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