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Webster 1913 Edition

Roar

Roar

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Roared
;
p. pr. & vvb. n.
Roaring
.]
[OE.
roren
,
raren
, AS.
rārian
; akin to G.
röhten
, OHG.
rērēn
. √112.]
1.
To cry with a full, loud, continued sound.
Specifically:
(a)
To bellow, or utter a deep, loud cry, as a lion or other beast.
Roaring
bulls he would him make to tame.
Spenser.
(b)
To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger.
Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief
Roared
out for anguish, and indulged his grief.
Dryden.
He scorned to
roar
under the impressions of a finite anger.
South.
2.
To make a loud, confused sound, as winds, waves, passing vehicles, a crowd of persons when shouting together, or the like.
The brazen throat of war had ceased to
roar
.
Milton.
How oft I crossed where carts and coaches
roar
.
Gay.
3.
To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
It was a mad,
roaring
time, full of extravagance.
Bp. Burnet.
4.
To laugh out loudly and continuously;
as, the hearers
roared
at his jokes
.
5.
To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses having a certain disease. See
Roaring
, 2.
Roaring boy
,
a roaring, noisy fellow; – name given, at the latter end Queen Elizabeth’s reign, to the riotous fellows who raised disturbances in the street.
“Two roaring boys of Rome, that made all split.”
Beau. & Fl.
–
Roaring forties
(Naut.)
,
a sailor's name for the stormy tract of ocean between 40° and 50° north latitude.

Roar

,
Verb.
T.
To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
This last action will
roar
thy infamy.
Ford.

Roar

,
Noun.
The sound of roaring.
Specifically:
(a)
The deep, loud cry of a wild beast;
as, the
roar
of a lion
.
(b)
The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like.
(c)
A loud, continuous, and confused sound;
as, the
roar
of a cannon, of the wind, or the waves; the
roar
of ocean
.
Arm! arm! it is, it is the cannon's opening
roar
!
Byron.
(d)
A boisterous outcry or shouting, as in mirth.
Pit, boxes, and galleries were in a constant
roar
of laughter.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Roar

ROAR

, v.i.
1.
To cry with a full, loud, continued sound; to bellow, as a beast; as a roaring bull; a roaring lion.
2.
To cry aloud, as in distress.
The suff'ring chief roar'd out for anguish.
3.
To cry aloud; to bawl; as a child.
4.
To cause a loud continued sound. We say, the sea or the wind roars; a company roar in acclamation.
5.
To make a loud noise.
The brazen throat of war had ceas'd to roar.

ROAR

, n.
1.
A full loud sound of some continuance; the cry of a beast; as the roar of a lion or bull.
2.
The loud cry of a child or person in distress.
3.
Clamor; outcry of joy or mirth; as a roar of laughter. he set the company in a roar.
4.
The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest.
5.
Any loud sound of some continuance; as the roar of cannon.

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