soar |sôr|
verb [ no obj. ]
fly or rise high in the air: the bird spread its wings and soared into the air | figurative : when she heard his voice, her spirits soared.
• maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power: the gulls soared on the summery winds.
verb [ no obj. ]
fly or rise high in the air: the bird spread its wings and soared into the air | figurative : when she heard his voice, her spirits soared.
• maintain height in the air without flapping wings or using engine power: the gulls soared on the summery winds.
ORIGIN late Middle English: shortening of Old French essorer, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze.’
