different between soar vs float

English

Etymology

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek ???? (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA^(key): /s??/
• (General American) enPR: sôr, IPA^(key): /s??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: s?r, IPA^(key): /so(?)?/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /so?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)
• Homophones: sore (general), saw (non-rhotic with horse–hoarse merger), sower (rare pronunciation)

Verb

soar (third-person singular simple present soars, present participle soaring, simple past and past participle soared)

1. (intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.
2. To mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
3. To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.
4. To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.

   The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.

5. (figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
   • Valour soars above What the world calls misfortune.

Translations

Noun

soar (plural soars)

1. The act of soaring.
   • c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Jeremy Taylor

     this apparent soar of the hooded falcon

2. An upward flight.

Translations

References

• soar in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• AORs, AoRs, ORAS, ROSA, Raos, Raso, Roas, Rosa, SORA, Sora, aros, oars, oras, osar, rosa, sora

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin son?re, present active infinitive of son?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?a?/

Verb

soar (first-person singular present soo, first-person singular preterite soei, past participle soado)

1. to sound, to ring
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 400:

     tãger boziñas et ssoar tronpas et anafíjs

     to play conchs and to sound horns and bugles

2. to be heard
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla. Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 646:

     Et começoullj a dizer que tã grande era a numeada que del oya et o prez d'ar(ar)mas et os bõos feytos que soarã delle en terra d'Outra mar

     And he began to tell him how great was the reputation that he heard, and of the feats of war and the good deeds that were heard about him in Outremer

3. to ring a bell

Noun

soar m (plural soares)

1. sound
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 605:

     Et alí oyriades a uolta et os braados tã grandes, et o rreuoluer et o bolir tã grande, et o soar dos cornos et dos anafíjs, que esto era h?a grã marauilla.

     And being there you would hear the racket and the very high voices, and the uproar and restlessness, and the sound of the horns and of the bugles, and all of this was a great wonder

Conjugation

Related terms

• resoar
• son
• sona

Etymology 2

Attested since the 13th century. From proto-Galician *solar, from Latin solum. Compare Spanish solar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?a?/

Noun

soar m (plural soares)

1. building land, plot, site
   • 1290, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 415:

     Et damos a uos vn soar en que façades huna casa logo

     And we give you a plot for you to build a house promptly

   Synonyms: formal, terreo

Derived terms

• soarego

References

• “soar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “soar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “soar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “soar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “soar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Manx

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

soar m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. smell

Verb

soar (verbal noun soaral or soarey or soaraghey)

1. to smell

Mutation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese sõar, from Latin son?re, present active infinitive of son?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swenh?- (“to sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.?a(?)/, /so?a?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su?a?/, /?swa?/
  • Homophone: suar
• Hyphenation: so?ar

Verb

soar (first-person singular present indicative soo, past participle soado)

1. make a sound
   • 1913, Fernando Pessoa, “Ó sino da minha aldeia”:

     Ó sino da minha aldeia, / Dolente na tarde calma, / Cada tua badalada / Soa dentro da minha alma.

     Oh bell of my village, / Lazy in this peaceful afternoon, / Each one of your tollings / Resounds in my soul.

Conjugation

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French soir (“evening”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /so?a?/

Noun

soar (nominative plural soars)

1. evening

Declension

Derived terms

• soarajul
• zälasoar

English

Etymology

From Middle English floten, from Old English flotian (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *flut?n? (“to float”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to float, swim, fly”). Cognate with Middle Low German vloten, vlotten (“to float, swim”), Middle Dutch vloten, Old Norse flota, Icelandic fljóta, Old English fl?otan (“to float, swim”), Ancient Greek ???? (plé?), Lithuanian plaukti, Russian ???????? (plávat?), Latin plaustrum (“wagon, cart”). Compare flow.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fl??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /flo?t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Verb

float (third-person singular simple present floats, present participle floating, simple past and past participle floated)

1. (intransitive) Of an object or substance, to be supported by a liquid of greater density than the object so as that part of the object or substance remains above the surface.

2. (transitive) To cause something to be suspended in a liquid of greater density.

3. (intransitive) To be capable of floating.

4. (intransitive) To move in a particular direction with the liquid in which one is floating

5. (intransitive) To drift or wander aimlessly.

6. (intransitive) To drift gently through the air.

7. (intransitive) To move in a fluid manner.

8. (intransitive, figuratively) To circulate.

9. (intransitive, colloquial) (of an idea or scheme) To be viable.

10. (transitive) To propose (an idea) for consideration.

11. (intransitive) To automatically adjust a parameter as related parameters change.
12. (intransitive, finance) (of currencies) To have an exchange value determined by the markets as opposed to by rule.

13. (transitive, finance) To allow (the exchange value of a currency) to be determined by the markets.

14. (transitive, colloquial) To extend a short-term loan to.

15. (transitive, finance) To issue or sell shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, followed by listing on a stock exchange.
    • 2005 June 21, Dewi Cooke, The Age [1],

      He [Mario Moretti Polegato] floated the company on the Milan Stock Exchange last December and sold 29 per cent of its shares, mostly to American investors.

    • 2007, Jonathan Reuvid, Floating Your Company: The Essential Guide to Going Public.
    • 2011, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, SIPRI Yearbook 2011: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security, footnote i, page 269,

      As a result of this reverse acquisition, Hurlingham changed its name to Manroy plc and floated shares on the Alternative Investment Market in London.

16. (transitive) To spread plaster over (a surface), using the tool called a float.
    • 1932, The Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer (volumes 35-37, page 35)

      This wire, nailed over the face of the old plaster will also reinforce any loose lath or plaster after the walls have set. Float the wall to the face of the lath first.

17. (transitive) To use a float (rasp-like tool) upon.

18. (transitive) To transport by float (vehicular trailer).
19. (poker) To perform a float.
20. (computing, transitive) To cause (an element within a document) to float above or beside others.
    • 2010, Andy Harris, HTML, XHTML and CSS All-In-One For Dummies (page 290)

      To get the footer acting right, you need to float it and clear it on both margins.

Derived terms

• float someone's boat
• whatever floats your boat

Translations

Noun

float (plural floats)

1. A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
2. A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft.
3. A float board.
4. A tool similar to a rasp, used in various trades.
5. A sort of trowel used for finishing concrete surfaces or smoothing plaster.

6. An elaborately decorated trailer or vehicle, intended for display in a parade or pageant.

7. (Britain) A small vehicle used for local deliveries, especially in the term milk float.
   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 7

     As soon as the skies brightened and plum-blossom was out, Paul drove off in the milkman's heavy float up to Willey Farm.

8. (finance) Funds committed to be paid but not yet paid.

9. (finance, Australia, and other Commonwealth countries?) An offering of shares in a company (or units in a trust) to members of the public, normally followed by a listing on a stock exchange.
10. (banking) The total amount of checks/cheques or other drafts written against a bank account but not yet cleared and charged against the account.

11. (insurance) Premiums taken in but not yet paid out.

12. (programming) A floating-point number, especially one that has lower precision than a double.
    • 2011, Rubin H. Landau, A First Course in Scientific Computing (page 214)

      If you want to be a scientist or an engineer, learn to say “no” to singles and floats.

13. A soft beverage with a scoop of ice-cream floating in it.

14. A small sum of money put in a cashier's till at the start of business to enable change to be made.
15. (poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
16. (knitting) One of the loose ends of yarn on an unfinished work.
17. (automotive) a car carrier or car transporter truck or truck-and-trailer combination
18. (transport) a lowboy trailer
19. (tempering) A device sending a copious stream of water to the heated surface of a bulky object, such as an anvil or die.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

20. (obsolete) The act of flowing; flux; flow.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)

21. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)

22. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)

23. (Britain, dated) A coal cart.
24. A breakdancing move in which the body is held parallel to the floor while balancing on one or both hands.
25. (computing) A visual style on a web page that causes the styled elements to float above or beside others.
    • 2007, Michael Bowers, Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns (page 93)

      When a float cannot fit next to another float, it moves down below it. A float's position, size, padding, borders, and margins affect the position of adjacent floats and adjacent inline content.

Synonyms

• (Shares offered to the public:): initial public offering

Derived terms

• floatplane

Translations

References

Anagrams

• aloft, flota