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What is the verb for roar?

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roar
  1. (intransitive) To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.
  2. To laugh in a particularly loud manner.
  3. Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.
  4. Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
  5. (figuratively) To proceed vigorously.
  6. (transitive) To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.
  7. To be boisterous; to be disorderly.
  8. To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. shout, bellow, cry, vociferate, yell, bawl, holler, howl, bay, clamor, clamour, scream, shriek, bray, screech, thunder, ululate, bark, bluster, call, halloo, hollo, brawl, yap, sound off, cry out, call out, wail, yelp, whoop, yowl, hoot, growl, caterwaul, squeal, yawp, cheer, squawk, squall, exclaim, raise your voice, moan, keen, snarl, groan, trumpet, yammer, whine, shrill, rout … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “The students roar with approval at the announcement of an impromptu public holiday.”
      “There is gunfire not far away, and fighter planes sometimes roar overhead.”
      “Maybe the little thing sensed my smile and immediately let out a low growl, then it continued to roar at me in anger.”
roaring
  1. present participle of roar
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shouting, bellowing, crying, vociferating, yelling, bawling, hollering, howling, baying, clamoring, clamouring, screaming, shrieking, braying, screeching, thundering, ululating, barking, blustering, calling, hallooing, holloing, brawling, yapping, sounding off, booming, reverberating, blasting, crashing, dinning, growling, rolling, rumbling, sounding, drumming, pealing, repercussing, trumpeting, detonating, exploding, reechoing, resounding, routing, snarling, scowling, grumbling, sneering … more
roars
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of roar
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shouts, bellows, cries, vociferates, yells, bawls, hollers, howls, bays, clamors, clamours, screams, shrieks, brays, screeches, thunders, ululates, barks, blusters, calls, halloos, hallooes, holloes, brawls, yaps, sounds off, booms, reverberates, blasts, crashes, dins, growls, rolls, rumbles, sounds, drums, peals, repercusses, trumpets, detonates, explodes, reechos, resounds, routs, snarls, scowls, grumbles … more
roareth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of roar
roarest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of roar
roared
  1. simple past tense and past participle of roar
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, screamed, shouted, screeched, yelled, shrieked, bawled, bellowed, hollered, howled, called, yelped, bayed, squealed, squawked, thundered, vociferated, whooped, crew, crowed, exclaimed, hailed, yowled, belled, cooeed, growled, hallooed, hissed, holloed, hooted, sang, sung, ululated, yawped, barked, cackled, caterwauled, cawed, cheered, clamored, clamoured, gabbled, groaned, grunted, moaned, sighed, snarled, trilled, yammered, hollered out … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He roared an order, and the rest of the company began the weary march onward.”
      “With a keen eye for state police manning radar traps we roared north, eventually making it back to Vancouver by late afternoon.”
      “The bear roared in pain and rage, a horrible sound that shook the air and ground.”
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