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Adjective soaring has 3 senses
- soaring - ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices"
Antonym: low (indirect, via high)
- soaring - moving to great heights with little apparent effort; "a soaring eagle"
Antonyms: nonmoving, unmoving (indirect, via moving)
- eminent, lofty, soaring, towering - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering iceburgs"
Antonym: low (indirect, via high)
Noun soaring has 1 sense
- glide, gliding, sailplaning, soaring, sailing - the activity of flying a glider
--1 is a kind of flight, flying
--1 has particulars: hang gliding; parasailing
Verb soar has 5 senses
- soar, soar up, soar upwards, surge, zoom - rise rapidly; "the dollar soared against the yes"
--1 is one way to rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise
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- hang glide, soar - fly by means of a hang glider
--2 is one way to fly, aviate, pilot
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- soar - fly upwards or high in the sky
--3 is one way to fly, wing
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- soar - go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
--4 is one way to rise, go up, climb
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- sailplane, soar - fly a plane without an engine
--5 is one way to glide
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