roar.
To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
Meaning & usage
To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
The audience roared at his jokes.
Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.
Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
To proceed vigorously.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
To cry.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
The cry of the lion.
The deep cry of the bull.
A loud resounding noise.
the roar of a motorbike
A show of strength or character.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
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