roar

CEFRB2

/ˈɹoɹ/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To make a very loud, deep sound.

  2. 02

    noun

    A very loud, deep sound.

Examples

  • Leo started to roar when he was two years old.

  • The cheers swelled to a roar.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.

  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

  3. To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

More examples

In context

  • The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.

  • The audience roared at his jokes.

  • the roar of a motorbike

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Question 1 · Quick check

When the animal became angry, it would blank so loudly that the whole forest could hear.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).