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orb
(ôrb)n.
1. A sphere or spherical object.
2.
a. A celestial body, such as the sun or moon.
b. Archaic The earth.
3. One of a series of concentric transparent spheres thought by ancient and medieval astronomers to rotate about the earth and carry the celestial bodies.
4. A globe surmounted by a cross, used as a symbol of monarchial power and justice.
5. An eye or eyeball.
6. Archaic Something of circular form; a circle or orbit.
v. orbed, orb·ing, orbs
v.tr.
1. To shape into a circle or sphere.
2. Archaic To encircle; enclose.
v.intr. Archaic
To move in an orbit.
[Middle English orbe, orbit, from Old French, from Latin orbis, circle, disk, orbit; see orbh- in Indo-European roots.]
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orb
(ɔːb)n
1. (Heraldry) (in royal regalia) an ornamental sphere surmounted by a cross, representing the power of a sovereign
2. a sphere; globe
3. poetic another word for eye1
4. (Astronomy) obsolete or poetic
a. a celestial body, esp the earth or sun
b. the orbit of a celestial body
5. an archaic word for circle
vb
6. to make or become circular or spherical
7. (tr) an archaic word for encircle
[C16: from Latin orbis circle, disc]
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orb
(ɔrb)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.
5. any of the hollow concentric spheres that in pre-Copernican astronomy were thought to surround the earth and carry the planets and stars.
6. Archaic.
v.t. a. a circle or something circular.
b. the earth.
7. to form into a circle or sphere.
8. Archaic. to encircle; enclose.
v.i. 9. to move in an orbit.
[1520–30; < Latin orbis circle, disk, orb]
orb′less, adj.
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Orb
a collective whole; a circle of things or people. See also ball, globe, sphere.Examples: orb of order and form, 1603; of soldiers; of witnesses, 1866.
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Past participle: orbed
Gerund: orbing
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| Noun | 1. |  orb - the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eyecapsule - a structure that encloses a body part |
| 2. |  orb - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"crystal ball - a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers camphor ball, mothball - a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing time-ball - a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory fireball - the luminous center of a nuclear explosion fireball - a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning) globule - a small globe or ball sphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses) spherule - a small sphere pellet - a small sphere bolus - a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) | |
| Verb | 1. | orb - move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" retrograde - move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies |
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noun1. An organ of vision:
eye.
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Translations
pallo
球体
천체
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