Verb

(en verb)

To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.

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The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits. He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance. Nobody would miss them, he explained .

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To give a valid excuse for some past behavior.

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(obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.

(obsolete) To unfold or make visible.

* (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)

The horse-chestnut isready to explain its leaf.

Verb

(en verb)

To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion.

* Dryden

Sole on the barren sands, the suffering chief / Roared out for anguish, and indulged his grief.

To laugh in a particularly loud manner.

The audience roared at his jokes.

Of animals (especially the lion), to make a loud deep noise.

* Spenser

Roaring bulls he would him make to tame.

Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.

* Milton

The brazen throat of war had ceased to roar .

* Gray

How oft I crossed where carts and coaches roar .

(figuratively) To proceed vigorously.

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To cry aloud; to proclaim loudly.

* Ford

This last action will roar thy infamy.

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To be boisterous; to be disorderly.

* Bishop Burnet

It was a mad, roaring time, full of extravagance.

To make a loud noise in breathing, as horses do when they have a certain disease.