roared

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to make a long, loud, deep sound:

We could hear the lions roaring at the other end of the zoo.

If a vehicle or aircraft roars somewhere, it moves there very quickly making a lot of noise:

She looked up as a plane roared overhead.

The street was full of boys roaring up and down on their motorbikes.

to shout loudly:

[ + speech ] "Stop that!" he roared.