roar

Meanings

Verb

• To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
• To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
• Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
• Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
• To proceed vigorously.
• To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
• To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
• To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
• to cry

Noun

• A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
• The cry of the lion.
• The deep cry of the bull.
• A loud resounding noise.
• A show of strength or character.

Origin

• From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian ("to roar; wail; lament"), from Proto-Germanic *rairāną ("to bellow; roar"), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- ("to shout; bellow; yell; bark"), perhaps of imitative origin.