ROAR
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Roar (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared (?); p. pr. & vvb. n. Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r&ā;rian; akin to G. r&ö;hten, OHG. r&unr_;r&unr_;n. √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.
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Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.
Spenser.
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(b) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
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Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
Dryden.
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He scorned to roar under the impressions of a finite anger.
South.
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2. To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
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The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar.
Milton.
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How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar.
Gay.
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3. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
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It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.
Bp. Burnet.
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4. To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
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5. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
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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. “Two roaring boys of Rome, that made all split.” Beau. & Fl. -- Roaring forties (Naut.), a sailor's name for the stormy tract of ocean between 40° and 50° north latitude.
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Roar, v. t. To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
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This last action will roar thy infamy.
Ford.
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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.
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Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening roar!
Byron.
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(d) A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
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Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant roar of laughter.
Macaulay.
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