soar
part of speech
verb (soar, soars, soared, soaring)
meaning for a pupil
1) To soar is to fly high in the air, often gliding without flapping much: eagles soar. tree →
2) To soar is to rise very quickly to a high level: prices soared. tree →
3) To soar can mean to rise up tall: mountains soaring above the valley. tree →
4) If your spirits or hopes soar, you suddenly feel very happy and hopeful. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In Job it is the hawk flying high, which shows that nature follows God's wisdom, not human wisdom. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as part of God's answer to Job, who is shown that the world is full of wonders only God understands. In the primary lessons: Nature: eagles, hawks and gliders soar on rising warm air. Maths and the news: «temperatures soared to 40°C», «sales soared» means numbers went up a lot and fast. Stories: «her heart soared» shows great joy. Phrases: «soar to», «soaring prices».
examples
- Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? (Writings JOB.39.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- The eagle soared above the hills. tree →
- Temperatures soared during the heatwave. tree →
- The kite soared into the sky. tree →
- Food prices have soared this year. tree →
- My heart soared when I saw my name on the team list. tree →
- The cliffs soared above the beach. tree →
- The ball soared over the goalkeeper's head. tree →
- Does the lark soar as high as ever? tree →
note
Homophone trap: «soar» (fly high) sounds like «sore» (painful) and, for many people, «saw». In maths problems, «soared» means increased by a large amount, but it does not tell you the exact number.
In the corpora
- Doth the hawk soar by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
- In autumn they fly about 10,000 kilometres to Africa, soaring on rising warm air instead of flapping.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «soar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.