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noun
1.
a sphere or globe: a Christmas tree hung with brightly colored orbs.
2.
the eyeball or eye: He looks with blind orbs on an indifferent world.
3.
any of the heavenly bodies, as the sun or moon: He lay on the grass, warmed by that orb of day, the sun.
4.
a globe bearing a cross; the mound or emblem of sovereignty, especially as part of the regalia of England.
5.
EXPANDAstrology. the number of degrees from exactness within which an aspect operates.
6.
a circle or something circular.
7.
Astronomy. (formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body.
8.
COLLAPSEthe earth.
verb (used with object)
9.
to form into a circle or sphere.
10.
Archaic. to encircle; enclose.
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Orbing
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
verb (used without object)
11.
to move in an orbit.
12.
to form into an orb or globe; round out.
Origin:
1520–30; < Latin orbis circle, disk, orb
1520–30; < Latin orbis circle, disk, orb
Related forms
orb·less, adjective
orb·like, adjective
un·orbed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
orb
c.1420 (implied in orbicular), "sphere, globe," also "emblem of sovereignty," from O.Fr. orbe (13c.), from L. orbem (nom. orbis) "circle, disk, ring," probably related to orbita "wheel track, rut," of unknown origin. Some suggest a connection with the root of orchid (q.v.). A three-dimensional extension
EXPANDof a word originally describing two-dimensional shapes. Astronomical sense is from 1526, in ref. to the hollow spheres that carried the planets and stars in the Ptolemaic system. Orb weaver spider is first recorded 1889.
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