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Soar and Kite Definitions

Soar

To rise or fly into the air
The startled hawk soared away.

Kite

A light framework covered with cloth, plastic, or paper, designed to be flown in the wind at the end of a long string or multiple lines, especially for recreation.

Soar

To maintain altitude without moving the wings or using an engine; glide.

Kite

A parafoil flown in a similar manner for recreation.

Soar

To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level
Sales soared. Our spirits soared.
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Kite

A power kite.

Soar

The act of soaring.

Kite

A quadrilateral with two distinct pairs of congruent, adjacent sides. Also called deltoid.

Soar

The altitude or scope attained in soaring.

Kite

Any of the light sails of a ship that are used only in a light wind.
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Soar

(intransitive) To fly high with little effort, like a bird.

Kite

Any of various graceful predatory birds of the family Accipitridae, having long pointed wings and often a forked tail.

Soar

To mount upward on wings, or as on wings, especially by gliding while employing rising air currents.

Kite

An instance of check kiting.

Soar

To remain aloft by means of a glider or other unpowered aircraft.

Kite

To fly like a kite; soar or glide.

Soar

To rise, especially rapidly or unusually high.
The pump prices soared into new heights as the strike continued.

Kite

To get money or credit with a kite.

Soar

(figuratively) To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.

Kite

To use (a check) in furtherance of a check kiting scheme.

Soar

The act of soaring.

Kite

A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
A pair of kites built a nest on the cliff.

Soar

An upward flight.

Kite

Any bird of the subfamily Milvinae, with long wings and weak legs, feeding mostly on carrion and spending long periods soaring; specifically, the red kite (Milvus milvus) and the black kite (Milvus migrans).

Soar

To fly aloft, as a bird; to mount upward on wings, or as on wings.
When soars Gaul's vulture with his wings unfurled.

Kite

A bird of the genus Elanus, having thin pointed wings, that preys on rodents and hunts by hovering; also, any bird of related genera in the subfamily Elaninae.

Soar

Fig.: To rise in thought, spirits, or imagination; to be exalted in mood.
Where the deep transported mind may soar.
Valor soars aboveWhat the world calls misfortune.

Kite

Some species in the subfamily Perninae.

Soar

To fly by wind power; to glide indefinitely without loss of altitude.

Kite

(figuratively) A rapacious person.

Soar

The act of soaring; upward flight.
This apparent soar of the hooded falcon.

Kite

A lightweight toy or other device, traditionally flat and shaped like a triangle with a segment of a circle attached to its base or like a quadrilateral (see sense 9), carried on the wind and tethered and controlled from the ground by one or more lines.
On windy spring days, we would fly kites.

Soar

See 3d Sore.

Kite

A tethered object which deflects its position in a medium by obtaining lift and drag in reaction with its relative motion in the medium.

Soar

See Sore, reddish brown.

Kite

(astrology) A planetary configuration wherein one planet of a grand trine is in opposition to an additional fourth planet.

Soar

The act of rising upward into the air

Kite

A blank cheque; a fraudulent cheque, such as one issued even though there are insufficient funds to honour it, or one that has been altered without authorization.

Soar

Rise rapidly;
The dollar soared against the yes

Kite

An favour]] and without compensation.

Soar

Fly by means of a hang glider

Kite

A rider who is good at climbs but less good at descents.

Soar

Fly upwards or high in the sky

Kite

(geometry) A polygon resembling the shape of a traditional toy kite (sense 3): a quadrilateral having two pairs of edges of equal length, the edges of each pair touching each other at one end.
Four-sided figures without parallel sides include trapezoids and kites.

Soar

Go or move upward;
The stock market soared after the cease-fire was announced

Kite

An aeroplane or aircraft.

Soar

Fly a plane without an engine

Kite

In a square-rigged ship: originally a sail positioned above a topsail; later a lightweight sail set above the topgallants, such as a studding sail or a jib topsail.

Kite

A supplementary sail to a mainsail.

Kite

The brill (Scophthalmus rhombus), a type of flatfish.

Kite

A (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially one passed illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

Kite

The stomach; the belly.

Kite

(Egyptology) A measure of weight equivalent to 10 deben (about 0.32 ounces or 9.1 grams).

Kite

(transitive) To cause (something) to move upwards rapidly like a toy kite; also to cause (something, such as costs) to increase rapidly.
Rising interest rates have kited the cost of housing.

Kite

To tamper with a document or record by increasing the quantity of something beyond its proper amount so that the difference may be unlawfully retained; in particular, to alter a medical prescription for this purpose by increasing the number of pills or other items.

Kite

To keep ahead of (an enemy) in order to attack repeatedly from a distance, without exposing oneself to danger.

Kite

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) glide in the manner of a bird.
The wind kited us toward shore.

Kite

To manipulate like a toy kite; also, usually preceded by an inflection of go: to fly a toy kite.
Want to go kite with me this weekend?

Kite

To write or present (a cheque) on an account with insufficient funds, either to defraud or expecting that funds will become available by the time the cheque clears.
He was convicted of kiting checks and sentenced to two years in prison.

Kite

To steal.

Kite

(intransitive) To travel by kite, as when kitesurfing.
We spent the afternoon kiting around the bay.

Kite

To move rapidly; to rush.

Kite

To deflect sideways in the water.

Kite

To pass a (usually concealed) letter or oral message, especially illegally into, within, or out of a prison.

Kite

Any raptorial bird of the subfamily Milvinæ, of which many species are known. They have long wings, adapted for soaring, and usually a forked tail.

Kite

Fig.: One who is rapacious.
Detested kite, thou liest.

Kite

A light frame of wood or other material covered with paper or cloth, for flying in the air at the end of a string.

Kite

A lofty sail, carried only when the wind is light.

Kite

A quadrilateral, one of whose diagonals is an axis of symmetry.

Kite

Fictitious commercial paper used for raising money or to sustain credit, as a check which represents no deposit in bank, or a bill of exchange not sanctioned by sale of goods; an accommodation check or bill.

Kite

The brill.

Kite

A form of drag to be towed under water at any depth up to about forty fathoms, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface; - called also sentry.

Kite

The belly.

Kite

To raise money by "kites;" as, kiting transactions. See Kite, 6.

Kite

A bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value

Kite

A bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float

Kite

Plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue paper; flown in wind at end of a string

Kite

Any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals

Kite

Increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently;
He kited many checks

Kite

Get credit or money by using a bad check;
The businessman kited millions of dollars

Kite

Soar or fly like a kite;
The pilot kited for a long time over the mountains

Kite

Fly a kite;
Kids were kiting in the park
They kited the Red Dragon model

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