1. [n]  the act of rising upward into the air
2. [v]  go or move upward; "The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced"
3. [v]  fly a plane without an engine
4. [v]  fly upwards or high in the sky
5. [v]  rise rapidly, as of a current or voltage
6. [v]  fly by means of a hang glider

SOAR is a 4 letter word that starts with S.

1. \Soar\, v. i. (A["e]ronautics)
   To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of
   altitude.
   
   

2. \Soar\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Soared}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Soaring}.] [F. s'essorer to soar, essorer to dry (by
   exposing to the air), fr. L. ex out + aura the air, a breeze;
   akin to Gr. ?????.]
   1. To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as
      on wings. --Chaucer.
   
            When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.
                                                  --Byron.
   
   2. Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be
      exalted in mood.
   
            Where the deep transported mind may soar. --Milton.
   
            Valor soars above What the world calls misfortune.
                                                  --Addison.
   
   

3. \Soar\, n.
   The act of soaring; upward flight.
   
         This apparent soar of the hooded falcon. --Coleridge.
   
   

4. \Soar\, a.
   See 3d {Sore}. [Obs.]
   
   

5. \Soar\, a.
   See {Sore}, reddish brown.
   
   {Soar falcon}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Sore falcon}, under {Sore}.
   
   

1. State, Operator And Result. A general problem-solving production system architecture, intended as a model of human intelligence. Developed by A. Newell in the early 1980s. SOAR was originally implemented in lisp and ops5 and is currently implemented in common lisp. Version: Soar6.

E-mail: <soar@cs.cmu.edu>.

["The SOAR Papers", P.S. Rosenbloom et al eds, MIT Press 1993].

2. Smalltalk On A RISC. A risc microprocessor designed by David Patterson's at Berekeley.