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.
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The act of soaring.
c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor
this apparent soar of the hooded falcon
An upward flight.
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fi liitely (act of soaring) · ru взлёт (upward flight) · pt pairada (act of soaring) · bg планиране (act of soaring) · ru паре́ние (act of soaring) · pl wznoszenie (upward flight) · fr envol (upward flight) · ru полёт (act of soaring) · nl scheren (act of soaring) · bg издигане (upward flight) · fi nousu (upward flight) · fr essor (act of soaring) · fi liito (act of soaring) · ru подъём (upward flight)
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.
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(intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd, 1812, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, London: […] [F]or John Murray, […]; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin; by Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza LII, page 34:
To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.
A planning document produced in October 1984 said that Class 46 maintenance costs were soaring and rapid withdrawal would occur, and this came to pass by the end of the year. 2021 June 30, David Clough, “Brush: a UK rail icon”, in RAIL, number 934, page 57:
(figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
KORRIS: I have tasted your heart. You have been with them, but you are still "of" us. Do not deny the challenge of your destiny. Get off your knees and soar. Open your eyes and let the dream take flight. 1988 March 21, Vaughn Armstrong, Heart of Glory (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:
Such where the deep tranſported mind may ſoare / Above the wheeling poles, 1626 (date written), John Milton, “At a Vacation Exercise in the Colledge, […]”, in Poems, &c. upon Several Occasions, London: […] Tho[mas] Dring […], published 1673, →OCLC, page 65:
Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune. 1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 25:
(intransitive) To increase rapidly in number, volume, size, or amount.
de schweben (to fly aloft with little effort) · tr kanatlanmak (to mount upward on wings) · zza berziyen (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · sv stiga (to rise rapidly or high) · ca planar (to fly by means of a glider) · fr planer (to fly by means of a glider) · ru лете́ть (to fly by means of a glider) · txb plu- (to fly aloft with little effort) · fi lentää (to fly by means of a glider) · de hochragen (to rise rapidly or high) · gl empolingarse (to rise rapidly or high) · de aufstreben (to rise rapidly or high) · fi kohota (to mount upward on wings) · fi liidellä (to fly aloft with little effort) · tr tüngümek (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · fr s'élever (to mount upward on wings) · fi kohota (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · ru плани́ровать (to fly by means of a glider) · gl pairar (to fly by means of a glider) · az süzmək (to fly aloft with little effort) · ca planar (to fly aloft with little effort) · tr ermek (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · ru воспари́ть (to mount upward on wings) · ru взлете́ть (to mount upward on wings) · tr yükselmek (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · cmn 崛起 (to rise rapidly or high) · gl pairar (to fly aloft with little effort) · nl zweven (to fly aloft with little effort) · cmn 飛漲 /飞涨 (to rise rapidly or high) · mi paho (to fly aloft with little effort) · tr tüngümek (to rise rapidly or high) · es planar (to fly by means of a glider) · pl wzbijać się (to mount upward on wings) · nb stige (to mount upward on wings) · bg планирам (to fly by means of a glider) · mi tauihi (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru взлета́ть (to rise rapidly or high) · fi liitää (to fly by means of a glider) · ru взлете́ть (to rise rapidly or high) · id menjulang (to rise rapidly or high) · fr s'élancer (to rise rapidly or high) · bg издигам се (to mount upward on wings) · es dispararse (to rise rapidly or high) · nb sveve (to fly aloft with little effort) · gl derguer (to rise rapidly or high) · ru лета́ть (to fly by means of a glider) · eo suprenŝvebi (to fly aloft with little effort) · nb glidefly (to fly by means of a glider) · pt planar (to fly by means of a glider) · fr planer (to fly aloft with little effort) · fi liitää (to fly aloft with little effort) · fr grimper en flèche (to rise rapidly or high) · cmn 翱翔 (to fly aloft with little effort) · gl sobir (to rise rapidly or high) · kk самғау (to mount upward on wings) · de gleiten (to fly by means of a glider) · ja 舞い上がる (to rise rapidly or high) · de hochschnellen (to rise rapidly or high) · pl szybować (to fly aloft with little effort) · ja 滑空する (to rise rapidly or high) · sv skjuta i höjden (to rise rapidly or high) · fr monter en flèche (to rise rapidly or high) · pt planar (to fly aloft with little effort) · ckb بڵندبوون (to mount upward on wings) · tr süzülmek (to fly aloft with little effort) · es elevarse (to mount upward on wings) · pl wzlatywać (to rise rapidly or high) · fi ampaista ylös (to rise rapidly or high) · nb gli (to fly by means of a glider) · gl alar (to mount upward on wings) · zza sanayeyen (to fly aloft with little effort) · zza perayen (to fly by means of a glider) · fi lentää (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · fi nousta (to mount upward on wings) · ru пари́ть (to fly aloft with little effort) · pl poszybować (to fly aloft with little effort) · da svæve (to fly by means of a glider) · zza punen (to rise rapidly or high) · ru взмывать (to mount upward on wings) · gl rubir (to mount upward on wings) · de hochfliegen (to mount upward on wings) · ru воспари́ть (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · ru вспрянуть (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · zza perzane kerden (to mount upward on wings) · ja 翔る (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru взмыть (to mount upward on wings) · pl wzlecieć (to rise rapidly or high) · pt pairar (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru воспаря́ть (to mount upward on wings) · cmn 高飛 /高飞 (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru вита́ть (to fly aloft with little effort) · fi liitää (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · tr uçmak (to fly by means of a glider) · he דָּאָה (to fly aloft with little effort) · es estar por las nubes (to rise rapidly or high) · ru взмыва́ть (to rise rapidly or high) · ru взмыть (to rise rapidly or high) · fr monter (to mount upward on wings) · id melayang (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru вита́ть (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · fi nousta (to rise rapidly or high) · bg рея се (to fly aloft with little effort) · zza resten (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · ru взлета́ть (to mount upward on wings) · nb stige (to rise rapidly or high) · es ponerse por las nubes (to rise rapidly or high) · fr s'envoler (to rise rapidly or high) · fi nousta (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · ja 舞う (to fly aloft with little effort) · es planear (to fly aloft with little effort) · ja 聳える (to rise rapidly or high) · da svæve (to fly aloft with little effort) · gl aparruñar (to rise rapidly or high) · hy սավառնել (to fly aloft with little effort) · ru воспаря́ть (to rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood) · nl opstijgen (to mount upward on wings) · ru пари́ть (to fly by means of a glider) · zza berziyen (to rise rapidly or high) · nb glide (to fly by means of a glider) · tr yükselmek (to rise rapidly or high) · pl wzbić się (to mount upward on wings)