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Meaning roar meaning

What does roar mean?
Definitions in simple English

roar Noun

— A roar is a loud sound that some animals make, for example lions and tigers We heard the lion's roar from more than a kilometer away.

roar Verb

— If an animal, for example a lion or tiger, roars, then it makes a loud sound. I felt scared when I heard the tiger roar in the zoo. — If a person roars, it means they make a loud shouting sound, similar to a lion or tiger or similar animal. — He roared with laughter at the funny joke.

roar

— verb (= howl) make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles The wind was howling in the trees The water roared down the chute — noun (= boom) a deep prolonged loud noise — verb utter words loudly and forcefully 'Get out of here,' he roared — verb (= howl, wail) emit long loud cries wail in self-pity howl with sorrow — noun (= bellow, bellowing) a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal) his bellow filled the hallway — verb act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town — R.A.Billington — verb (= bellow) make a loud noise, as of animal The bull bellowed — noun the sound made by a lion — verb laugh unrestrainedly and heartily

Synonyms roar synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as roar?

roar English » English

bellow shout howl thunder rumble yell sound scream cry growl resound bawl noise boom roaring trumpet hum groan cry out bray snarl shriek rage moan holler bluster bark drone yowl wail snore murmur moo make noise buzz vociferate ululate storm squeal reverberate clatter call blare yawl yaup whinny war cry sing roll peal

Topics roar topics

What do people use roar to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Types of sounds
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal sounds

  • What sounds do lions make?
    roar
  • What sounds do crocodiles make?
    roar
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Loud
Universe, creation Water Movement of water

Wave
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move noisily
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh
Daily life Fire

What fires produce

Conjugation roar conjugation

How do you conjugate roar?

roar · verb

Examples roar examples

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Simple sentences

I am not a lion but I too can roar.
Leo started to roar when he was two years old.
Did you hear the roar of the lions?
I cannot roar like a lion. I'm a jackal.
His cries for help were drowned by the roar of the surf.
As they were talking, a horrible roar rent the air and the Dragon with the Seven Heads came towards the princess.
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, there is a rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deap sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but Nature more.
Did you hear the lion roar?

Movie subtitles

And let storm and avalanche roar their wild songs with it.
Portsmouth deafened a person by the fuss on streets, roar of chains and cars, noise of cranes and engines.
Now watch, watch, she gonna roar.
During the late war, when I had the honor to serve the Union under our great president, Abraham Lincoln and General Phil Sheridan, well sir I fought 'mid shock and shell and cannon roar.
You don't get drunk and roar and fight.
Stuff that makes tanks roar and planes fly.
Get up and let out a roar!
In grace whereof, no jocund health that Denmark drinks today but the great cannons to the clouds shall tell, and the King's carouse the heavens shall roar again, re-speaking earthly thunder.
Where be your jibes now, your songs, your gambols, your flashes of merriment that were wont to set the table on a roar?
Who dares receive it other, as we shall make our griefs and clamour roar upon his death?
It seemed appropriate that he who had lived amidst the cannon's roar should die explosively.
No beautiful roar from eight million ants, fighting, cursing, loving.
Here the gentle surf which rolled on Waikiki occasionally drowned out the roar of planes overhead.
Every time he threw it, the crowd would roar.
Fearlessly you have blazed new trails, scoffed at the lions' roar and the cannibals' tom-toms.
When a lion gets feeling frisky and begins to roar, there's another lion who knows just what he's roaring for.
They roar to call the lions, then they spear them.
Water pours through your greatest dams smashing everything before it, even as our invincible armies roar toward their objectives.
Listen to that crowd roar.
A lion who can't even roar.
The clash of angry swords, the roar of cannon and you.
The loins is ready to roar.
When the tide's running, whirlpools form and you can hear the roar for miles.
The lightning seems to set the mountains on fire, and they roar back.
And he catches up and wins With a roar!
And such a roar I couldn't here my own tractor.
The sudden roar, the woman's gesture, the crumpling body, and the cries of the crowd on the jetty blurred by fear.
They talk about the roar of waves but there's nothing like the sound of a printing press.
Nay, lay thee down and roar.
The roar of the dark sea. so far away, yet I can still hear it.
The rain falls and thunders roar, people are born, and then die.

News and current affairs

Real investment (investment adjusted for the declining prices of high-tech and information-related capital goods) continued to roar ahead.
After twenty five years of collapsed expectations, you feel a raw energy in the roar of motorbikes that weave through improvisational waves of traffic, in the spirit of a city revived.
The roar for greater political control over Europe's central bank would be deafening-and not only from France.
His declaration was greeted by a roar of applause from the studio audience.

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