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Verb roar has 6 senses
- roar, howl - make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute"
--1 is one way to make noise, resound, noise
Sample sentences:
Cars roar in the streets
The streets roar with cars
- thunder, roar - utter words loudly and forcefully; "`Get out of here,' he roared"
--2 is one way to shout
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue roar
They roar that there was a traffic accident
- howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
--3 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- roar - act or proceed in a riotous, turbulent, or disorderly way; "desperadoes from the hills regularly roared in to take over the town"-R.A.Billington
--4 is one way to proceed, go forward, continue
Sample sentence:
They roar up the hill
- bellow, roar - make a loud noise, as of animal; "The bull bellowed"
--5 is one way to utter, emit, let out, let loose
Sample sentence:
The animals roar
- roar, howl - laugh unrestrainedly and heartily
--6 is one way to laugh, express joy, express mirth
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
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