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soaring
(encz) | soaring,plachtění n: Jirka Daněk |
soaring
(encz) | soaring,stoupání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Soaring
(gcide) | Soaring \Soar"ing\,
a. & n. from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
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Soaring
(gcide) | 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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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] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
soaring
(encz) | soaring,plachtění n: Jirka Daněksoaring,stoupání n: Zdeněk Brož |
soaringly
(encz) | soaringly, |
Soaringly
(gcide) | Soaring \Soar"ing\,
a. & n. from Soar. -- Soar"ing*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster] |
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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