soar

Meanings

Verb

• To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
• To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.
• To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
• To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
• To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

Noun

• The act of soaring.
• An upward flight.

Origin

• From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer ("to fly up, soar"), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare ("to rise into the air"), from Latin ex ("out") + aura, from Ancient Greek αὔρα ("breath"). Compare aura, and exhale.