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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of rising upward into the air;
[syn: soar, zoom]


VERB (5)

1. rise rapidly;
- Example: "the dollar soared against the yen"
[syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom]

2. fly by means of a hang glider;
[syn: hang glide, soar]

3. fly upwards or high in the sky;

4. go or move upward;
- Example: "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"

5. fly a plane without an engine;
[syn: sailplane, soar]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Soar \Soar\, n. The act of soaring; upward flight. [1913 Webster] This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Soar \Soar\, a. See 3d Sore. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Soar \Soar\, a. See Sore, reddish brown. [1913 Webster] Soar falcon. (Zool.) See Sore falcon, under Sore. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soared; p. pr. & vb. n. Soaring.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze; akin to Gr. ?????.] 1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood. [1913 Webster] Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 3. (Aeronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

soar n 1: the act of rising upward into the air [syn: soar, zoom] v 1: rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yen" [syn: soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom] 2: fly by means of a hang glider [syn: hang glide, soar] 3: fly upwards or high in the sky 4: go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease- fire was announced" 5: fly a plane without an engine [syn: sailplane, soar]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

SOAR 1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in Lisp and OPS5 and is currently implemented in Common Lisp. Version: Soar6. E-mail: . ["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993]. (1994-11-04) 2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A RISC microprocessor designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley. (1994-11-04)