roar
    n 1: a deep prolonged loud noise [syn: boom, roar,
         roaring, thunder]
    2: a very loud utterance (like the sound of an animal); "his
       bellow filled the hallway" [syn: bellow, bellowing,
       holla, holler, hollering, hollo, holloa, roar,
       roaring, yowl]
    3: the sound made by a lion
    v 1: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The
         wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the
         chute" [syn: roar, howl]
    2: utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he
       roared" [syn: thunder, roar]
    3: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
       [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl, yaup]
    4: 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
    5: make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed" [syn:
       bellow, roar]
    6: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar, howl]

Roar \Roar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roared; p. pr. & vvb. n.
   Roaring.] [OE. roren, raren, AS. r[=a]rian; akin to G.
   r["o]hten, OHG. r[=e]r[=e]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.
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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[deg] and 50[deg] north latitude.
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Roar \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 \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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