To cry with a full, loud, continued sound; to bellow, as a beast; as a roaring bull; a roaring lion.

To cry aloud, as in distress. The suffring chief roar’d out for anguish.

To cry aloud; to bawl; as a child.

To cause a loud continued sound. We say, the sea or the wind roars; a company roar in acclamation.

To make a loud noise. The brazen throat of war had ceas’d to roar.

A full loud sound of some continuance; the cry of a beast; as the roar of a lion or bull.

The loud cry of a child or person in distress.

Clamor; outcry of joy or mirth; as a roar of laughter. he set the company in a roar.

The loud continued sound of the sea in a storm, or the howling of a tempest.

Any loud sound of some continuance; as the roar of cannon.