<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to fly upward, as a bird.</li><li>to fly at a great height, without visible movements of the pinions, as a bird.</li><li>to glide along at a height, as an airplane.</li><li>to rise or ascend to a height, as a mountain.</li><li>to rise or aspire to a higher or more exalted level: His hopes soared.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of soaring.</li><li>the height attained in soaring.</li></ul>