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As a verb, roar means make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. As a noun, it means a long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
Meanings of roar
20 meaningsverb
To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
“The audience roared at his jokes.”
Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
“The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas.”
Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
figurativelyTo proceed vigorously.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
british yorkshirenorth midlandsinformalTo cry
Act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way
“desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town”
Laugh unrestrainedly and heartilybody
Similar: howl
noun
A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open.
The cry of the lion.
The deep cry of the bull.
A loud resounding noise.
“the roar of a motorbike”
A show of strength or character.
The sound made by a lion
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).