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soar·ing
(sôr′ĭng)n.
The act of gliding while maintaining altitude, especially the sport of flying a heavier-than-air craft by using ascending currents of air.
adj.
Ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual: soaring fuel costs; the soaring spires of the cathedral.
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Noun | 1. | soaring - the activity of flying a glider hang gliding - gliding in a hang glider paragliding, parasailing - gliding in a parasail |
Adj. | 1. | soaring - ascending to a level markedly higher than the usual; "soaring prices" high - greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself" |
2. | soaring - of imposing height; especially standing out above others; "an eminent peak"; "lofty mountains"; "the soaring spires of the cathedral"; "towering icebergs" high - (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high" |
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soaring
[ˈsɔːrɪŋ] ADJ [flight] → planeador, que vuela; [building] → altísimo; [prices] → en alza, en aumento; [hopes, imagination] → expansivo; [ambition] → inmensoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
soaring
adj
bird, plane → aufsteigend, in die Luft steigend; tower → hoch aufragend; imagination, ideas, ambition → hochfliegend; popularity, reputation → schnell zunehmend; prices → in die Höhe schnellend; inflation → unaufhaltsam; unemployment → hochschnellend; pride, hopes → wachsend; I watched the lark’s soaring flight → ich sah, wie sich die Lerche in die Lüfte schwang; the soaring crime rate → die schnell zunehmende Verbrechensrate
(liter) voice, music → sich erhebend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
soaring
[ˈsɔːrɪŋ] adj (flight) → altissimo/a; (building) → slanciato/a; (prices) → alle stelle; (hopes, imagination) → ardito/asoaring inflation → inflazione f galoppante
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