[sawr-ing, sohr-] 
| the sport of flying a sailplane. |
[sawr, sohr] | 1. | to fly upward, as a bird. |
| 2. | to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird. |
| 3. | to glide along at a height, as an airplane. |
| 4. | to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain. |
| 5. | to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level: His hopes soared. |
| 6. | an act or instance of soaring. |
| 7. | the height attained in soaring. |
| soar (sôr, sōr) intr.v. soared, soar·ing, soars
[Middle English soren, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin *exaurāre : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin aura, air (from Greek, breeze; see aura).] soar'er n., soar'ing·ly adv. |
| soar·ing (sôr'ĭng, sōr'-) n. The act of gliding while maintaining altitude, especially the sport of flying a heavier-than-air craft by using ascending currents of air. adj. Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual: soaring fuel costs; the soaring spires of the cathedral. |
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