Definitions for the word "roar" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. i.
To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. i.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To laugh out loudly and continuously; as, the hearers roared at his jokes.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See Roaring, 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
The sound of roaring.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
The deep, loud cry of a wild beast; as, the roar of a lion.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A loud, continuous, and confused sound; as, the roar of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the roar of ocean.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
1 a loud deep hoarse sound, as made by a lion. B similar sound. 2 loud laugh. v. 1 (often foll. By out) utter loudly or make a roar, roaring laugh, etc. 2 travel in a vehicle at high speed, esp. With the engine roaring. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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