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roar
What does roar mean?
roar (verb): of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use roar in a sentence?
- The lioness roared to scare off the hyenas. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce roar?
/ɹɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does roar come from?
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to roar
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “roar” mean?
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Not quite: that's what drill means.
of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise
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have the financial means to do something or buy something
Not quite: that's what afford means.
to use in place of something else, with the same function
Not quite: that's what substitute means.
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