Commentary: Includes: SOAR UP, SOAR UPWARDS
NOTE: Flying or being thrust into the air or sky.
Examples:
A rocket soared out of Earth's atmosphere Monday.
The eagle soars.
No bird soars too high.
The plane soared through the clouds.
Soar through the air like a bird on your hanglider.
All night long fireworks soared into the sky.
Icarus soared upwards to the sun till the wax melted which bound his wings.
Mappings:
PropBank: soar.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 5
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
soar_up 1
soar_upwards 1
Commentary: Includes: SOAR UP, SOAR UPWARDS
NOTE: Compare to sense 3.
Examples:
Oil prices to a record high above $59 a barrel.
Dollar soars to highest in three years.
Temperatures will soar into the eighties over the weekend.
The highest peak in the range soars 15 771 feet into the sky.
The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced.
Reba's new album soars up the charts.
Mappings:
PropBank: soar.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
soar_up 1
soar_upwards 1
Commentary: Includes: SOAR UP, SOAR UPWARDS
NOTE: Compare to sense 2.
Examples:
As Hepburn's career soared upwards following her US debut in Roman Holiday.
I was so upset that my emotions soared beyond rational thinking.
Hopes for peace soared at the end of the day's talks.
He played until his thoughts soared up and burst forth.
Mappings:
PropBank: soar.01
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
soar_up 1
soar_upwards 1