roar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: roar	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for roar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
roar n a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar, roaring, thunder] a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his bellow filled the hallway" Synonym(s): bellow, bellowing, holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar, roaring, yowl the sound made by a lion v make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" Synonym(s): roar, howl utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared" Synonym(s): thunder, roar emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" Synonym(s): howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup 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 make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" Synonym(s): bellow, roar laugh unrestrainedly and heartily Synonym(s): roar, howl
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roared}; p. pr. & vvb. n. {Roaring}.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[be]rian; akin to G. r[94]hten, OHG. r[?]r[?]n. [root]112.] 1. To cry with a full, loud, continued sound. Specifically: (a) To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast. Roaring bulls he would him make to tame. --Spenser. (b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger. Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief. --Dryden. He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger. --South. 2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like. The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar. --Milton. How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar. --Gay. 3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly. It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance. --Bp. Burnet. 4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes. 5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See {Roaring}, 2. {Roaring boy}, a roaring, noisy fellow; -- name given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth's reign, to the riotous fellows who raised disturbances in the street. [bd]Two roaring boys of Rome, that made all split.[b8] --Beau. & Fl. {Roaring forties} (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy tract of ocean between 40[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, v. t. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly. This last action will roar thy infamy. --Ford.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Roar \Roar\, n. The sound of roaring. Specifically: (a) The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion. (b) The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like. (c) A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean. Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar! --Byron. (d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth. Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter. --Macaulay.