soaring

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soar/sɔː(r)/

▶verb

• 1 fly or rise high into the air.

  ■ glide high in the air.

• 2 increase rapidly above the usual level.

– derivatives
soarer noun,
soaring adjective,
soaringly adverb.

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. essorer, based on L. ex- ‘out of’ + aura ‘breeze’.