1 [V] to make a very loud, deep sound:
We heard a lion roar. * The gun roared deafeningly. * The engine roared to life (= started noisily). * The wind was roaring in my ears.
2 ~ (sth) (out) to shout sth very loudly:
[V] The crowd roared. * [VN] The fans roared (out) their approval. * He roared out James's name. * [Vspeech] 'Stand back,' he roared.
3 [V] ~ (with laughter) to laugh very loudly:
He looked so funny, we all roared. * It made them roar with laughter.
4 [V+adv./prep.] (of a vehicle or its rider / driver) to move very fast, making a lot of noise:
She put her foot down and the car roared away. * A group of young men on motorcycles roared past.
5 [V] (of a fire) to burn brightly with a lot of flames, heat and noise:
A log fire was roaring in the hearth.
Part of speech: noun
1 a loud deep sound made by an animal, especially a lion, or by sb's voice:
His speech was greeted by a roar of applause. * roars of laughter
2 a loud continuous noise made by the wind or sea, or by a machine:
I could barely hear above the roar of traffic. * the roar of the Atlantic
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for roar is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is roar a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, roar is tagged as verb.
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