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Oaring
(gcide) | Oar \Oar\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Oared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Oaring.]
To row. "Oared himself." --Shak.
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Oared with laboring arms. --Pope.
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rip-roaring
(encz) | rip-roaring,divoký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
roaring
(encz) | roaring,hřmějící adj: Pinoroaring,hučení n: Zdeněk Brožroaring,povyk n: Zdeněk Brožroaring,řvaní n: Zdeněk Brož |
roaring forties
(encz) | Roaring Forties,řvoucí čtyřicítky n: [lod.] xo |
roaring twenties
(encz) | Roaring Twenties,hlučná 20. léta n: [id.] desetiletí po 1. světové válce
1920-1929 Michal Ambrož |
soaring
(encz) | soaring,plachtění n: Jirka Daněksoaring,stoupání n: Zdeněk Brož |
soaringly
(encz) | soaringly, |
Roaring
(gcide) | Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
r["o]hten, OHG. r[=e]r[=e]n. [root]112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
(a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.
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Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
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(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
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Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.
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He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.
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2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.
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The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.
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How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.
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3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
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It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.
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4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.
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5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
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Roaring boy, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split." --Beau. & Fl.
Roaring forties (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
[1913 Webster]Roaring \Roar"ing\, n.
1. A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or of
a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy
congregation.
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2. (Far.) An affection of the windpipe of a horse, causing a
loud, peculiar noise in breathing under exertion; the
making of the noise so caused. See Roar, v. i., 5.
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Roaring boy
(gcide) | Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
r["o]hten, OHG. r[=e]r[=e]n. [root]112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
(a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.
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Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
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(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
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Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.
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He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.
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2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.
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The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.
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How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.
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3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
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It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.
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4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.
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5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
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Roaring boy, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split." --Beau. & Fl.
Roaring forties (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
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Roaring forties
(gcide) | Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n.
Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
r["o]hten, OHG. r[=e]r[=e]n. [root]112.]
1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically:
(a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or
other beast.
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Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
--Spenser.
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(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
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Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
--Dryden.
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He scorned to roar under the impressions of a
finite anger. --South.
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2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing
vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or
the like.
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The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
--Milton.
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How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
--Gay.
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3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
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It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
--Bp. Burnet.
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4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers
roared at his jokes.
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5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a
certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
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Roaring boy, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the
latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows
who raised disturbances in the street. "Two roaring boys
of Rome, that made all split." --Beau. & Fl.
Roaring forties (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy
tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
[1913 Webster]Roaring forties \Roar"ing for"ties\ (Naut.)
The middle latitudes of the southern hemisphere. So called
from the boisterous and prevailing westerly winds, which are
especially strong in the South Indian Ocean up to 50[deg] S.
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Roaring twenties
(gcide) | Roaring twenties \Roar"ing twen"ties\
The decade from 1920 to 1929; -- so called because of the
occurrence of a prosperous economy and rapid changes in
sociological mores as exemplified by speakeasies, the
popularity of fast cars and jazz, and the boisterous
unconventional behavior of young adults in that period. See
also flapper, speakeasy, and second prohibition.
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Roaringly
(gcide) | Roaringly \Roar"ing*ly\, adv.
In a roaring manner.
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Soaring
(gcide) | Soaring \Soar"ing\,
a. & n. from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Soar \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Soared; p. pr. & vb. n.
Soaring.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by
exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze;
akin to Gr. ?????.]
1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as
on wings. --Chaucer.
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When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.
--Byron.
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2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be
exalted in mood.
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Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton.
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Valor soars above
What the world calls misfortune. --Addison.
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3. (Aeronautics) To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely
without loss of altitude.
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Soaringly
(gcide) | Soaring \Soar"ing\,
a. & n. from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
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rip-roaring
(wn) | rip-roaring
adj 1: uncontrollably noisy [syn: rackety, rip-roaring,
uproarious] |
roaring
(wn) | roaring
adv 1: extremely; "roaring drunk"
adj 1: very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a
palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new
business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist
center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn:
booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering,
prosperous, roaring, thriving]
n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar,
roaring, thunder]
2: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar,
roaring, yowl] |
soaring
(wn) | soaring
adj 1: ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual;
"soaring prices"
2: of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an
eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the
cathedral"; "towering icebergs" [syn: eminent, lofty,
soaring, towering]
n 1: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing] |
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