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1. (n.) orb
a sphere or globe.
2. orb
the eyeball or eye.
3. orb
any of the heavenly bodies.
4. orb
a sphere bearing a cross as emblem of sovereignty and justice.
5. orb
any of the hollow concentric spheres that in pre-Copernican astronomy were thought to surround the earth and carry the planets and stars.
6. orb
a circle or something circular.
7. orb
the earth.
8. (v.t.) orb
to form into a circle or sphere.
9. orb
Archaic. to encircle; enclose.
10. (v.i.) orb
to move in an orbit.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L orbis circle, disk, orb)
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1. (noun) eyeball, orb
the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
2. (verb) ball, globe, orb
an object with a spherical shape
"a ball of fire"
3. (verb) orb, orbit, revolve
move in an orbit
"The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"
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