Definition of Soar

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Definition of Soar

Soar

To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.

Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

The act of soaring; upward flight.

See 3d Sore.

See Sore, reddish brown.

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Soar Quotations

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
Helen Keller

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.
William Wordsworth

Ambition can creep as well as soar.
Edmund Burke

Well is it known that ambition can creep as well as soar.
Edmund Burke

Don't quack like a duck, soar like an eagle.
Ken Blanchard

There is an eagle in me that wants to soar, and there is a hippopotamus in me that wants to wallow in the mud.
Carl Sandburg

If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.
John Henry Newman

Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
Bryant H. McGill

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
Marian Anderson

As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar.
Rick Renzi

Soar Translations

soar in French is remonte
soar in German is aufsteigen, sich erheben
soar in Italian is esalare
soar in Spanish is elevarse

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