roar

[roar]

To roar is to make a ferociously loud sound, like a lion or a tiger. If you go to a football game, you'll hear the crowd roar whenever their team scores a goal.

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To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

Noun
a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway"

Noun
a deep prolonged loud noise

Noun
the sound made by a lion

Verb
laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Verb
utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,'' he roared"

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Verb
make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"

Verb
emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"

Verb
make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"

Verb
act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington


v. i.
To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

v. i.
To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.

v. i.
To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.

v. i.
To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.

v. i.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

v. i.
To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.

v. i.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.

v. t.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

n.
The sound of roaring.

n.
The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.

n.
The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.

n.
A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.

n.
A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.


Roar

Roar , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared ; p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r'berian; akin to G. r'94hten, OHG. rrn. &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.
Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger.
2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes. 5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2. 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° and 50° north latitude.

Roar

Roar, v. t. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
This last action will roar thy infamy.

Roar

Roar , n. The sound of roaring. Specifically: (a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion. (b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like. (c) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!
(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter.

To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.

To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

The sound of roaring.

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Usage Examples

The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.

I think what every skater dreams of is not only skating the best program they can possibly skate, but, y'know, having the crowd roar at the end, and it was just so loud I couldn't even hear my music.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

So great was the extremity of his pain and anguish, that he did not only sigh but roar.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more.

Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers.

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