Definitions for ORBɔrb

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

orbɔrb(n.)

  1. a sphere or globe.

  2. the eyeball or eye.

  3. any of the heavenly bodies.

  4. a sphere bearing a cross as emblem of sovereignty and justice.

    Category: Heraldry

  5. any of the hollow concentric spheres that in pre-Copernican astronomy were thought to surround the earth and carry the planets and stars.

    Category: Aerospace

  6. Archaic. a circle or something circular. the earth.

  7. (v.t.)to form into a circle or sphere.

  8. Archaic. to encircle; enclose.

  9. (v.i.)to move in an orbit.

Origin of orb:

1520–30; < L orbis circle, disk, orb

orb′less(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. eyeball, orb(noun)

    the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye

  2. ball, globe, orb(verb)

    an object with a spherical shape

    "a ball of fire"

  3. orb, orbit, revolve(verb)

    move in an orbit

    "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

Wiktionary

  1. orb(Noun)

    A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star

  2. orb(Noun)

    One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions

  3. orb(Noun)

    A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit

  4. orb(Noun)

    A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton

  5. orb(Noun)

    The eye, as luminous and spherical

    A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --John Milton

  6. orb(Noun)

    A revolving circular body; a wheel

    The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --John Milton

  7. orb(Noun)

    A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth

    But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shakespeare

  8. orb(Noun)

    A globus cruciger

  9. orb(Noun)

    A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography

  10. orb(Verb)

    to form into an orb or circle

  11. orb(Verb)

    to encircle; to surround; to inclose

  12. orb(Verb)

    to become round like an orb

  13. Origin: orbe, from orbis. Compare orbit.


Translations for ORB

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

blind(adjective)

not able to see

a blind man.

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