roar

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

   • Sole on the barren ſands the ſuff'ring chief / Roar'd out for anguiſh, and indulg'd his grief.
2. 2

   To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

   • The audience roared at his jokes.
3. 3

   Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.

   • The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.
   • Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
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   1. 4

      Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

      • The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
      • How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
   2. 5

      To proceed vigorously.

      • United's attempt to extend their unbeaten league sequence to 23 games this season looked to be in shreds as the Seasiders - managed by Ian Holloway - roared into a fully deserved two-goal lead at the interval.
   3. 6

      To cry aloud

      To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

      • This last action will roar thy infamy.
   4. 7

      To be boisterous

      To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

      • It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
   5. 8

      To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.

   6. 9

      To cry.

      • Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig, and away he run! The pig was eat, and Tom was beat, And Tom went roaring down the street.
   7. 10

      A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.

   8. 11

      The cry of the lion.

   9. 12

      The deep cry of the bull.

   10. 13

       A loud resounding noise.

       • the roar of a motorbike
       • I stand amid the roar / Of a surf-tormented shore, / And I hold within my hand / Grains of the golden sand—
       • Those lovely valleys and mountains were filled throughout the day and night with the roar of heavy shooting.
   11. 14

       A show of strength or character.

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