To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
When soars Gaul's Vulture, with his wings unfurl'd,
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.
The act of soaring.
c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor this apparent soar of the hooded falcon
An upward flight.
A river in Leicestershire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
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 (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρ...
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