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[ verb ] make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles
Synonyms Examples "The wind was howling in the trees" "The water roared down the chute" Used in print (Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)What did it matter_to him that the park at the foot of Ash_Road stretched beneath elevated trains that roared from the stucco station into the city 's center at half-hour intervals ? Related terms |
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[ noun ] a deep prolonged loud noise
Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)The control_tower gave him immediate take-off permission , and the clean roar of the engine that took him off the rough strip spoke well of the skill of Donovan . (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I though he was only having a little joke , but , no , he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear . (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)Through the splash of the rising waters , they could hear the roar of the river as it raged through its canyon , gnashing big chunks out of the banks . |
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[ verb ] utter words loudly and forcefully
Synonyms Examples "`Get out of here,' he roared." Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)The way his red rubber lips were stretched across his pearly little teeth I though he was only having a little joke , but , no , he wanted me to bend down from the roar of wind so he could roar something into my ear . |
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[ verb ] emit long loud cries
Examples "wail in self-pity", "howl with sorrow" Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)And in the role of Will Danaher , Philip_Bosco roars and sneers sufficiently to intimidate not_only one American but the whole British army , if he chose . (Ernest Becker, Zen: A Rational Critique. New York: W.W....)They went along the pass talking with each other for a short while until they came to a river roaring with torrent . (Cordwainer Smith, "A Planet Named Shayol,"...)He spoke through the public address box built into the cabin , and his gigantic voice roared out over the empty plain , so_that the pink herd of talking people stirred gently in their happiness and wondered what their friend B ' dikkat might be wanting to tell them . |
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[ noun ] a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal)
Examples "his bellow filled the hallway" Used in print (Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)With a roar of pain and fury Jess made his attack . |
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[ verb ] act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way:
Examples "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington Related terms |
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