SOAR

v. n. a.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. Chaucer. When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. Byron.

2.
v.

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.
n.

The act of soaring; upward flight. This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. Coleridge.

4.
a.

See 3d Sore. [Obs.]

5.
a.

See Sore, reddish brown. Soar falcon. (Zoöl.) See Sore falcon, under Sore.

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