soar

Universal Words verb [V] (written) 1 if the value, amount or level of sth soars, it rises very quickly: soaring costs / prices / temperatures * Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels. * Unemployment has soared to 18%. 2 ~ (up) (into sth) to rise quickly and smoothly up into the air: The rocket soared (up) into the air. * (figurative) Her spirits soared (= she became very happy and excited). 3 to fly very high in the air or remain high in the air: an eagle soaring high above the cliffs 4 to be very high or tall: soaring hills / mountains * The building soared above us. 5 when music soars, it becomes higher or louder: soaring strings