Orb
[ɔːb] or [ɔrb]
Definition
(verb.) move in an orbit; 'The moon orbits around the Earth'; 'The planets are orbiting the sun'; 'electrons orbit the nucleus'.
Editor: Terence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A blank window or panel.
(n.) A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
(n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
(n.) The eye, as luminous and spherical.
(n.) A revolving circular body; a wheel.
(n.) A sphere of action.
(n.) Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound.
(n.) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defense, esp. infantry to repel cavalry.
(v. t.) To form into an orb or circle.
(v. t.) To encircle; to surround; to inclose.
(v. i.) To become round like an orb.
Typed by Clyde
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Globe, sphere, ball.[2]. Circle, orbit.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sphere, circle, ball, globe
Edited by Astor
Definition
n. a circle: a sphere: a celestial body: a wheel: any rolling body: the eye: (archit.) a blank window or panel: the globe forming part of regalia the monde or mound: the space within which the astrological influence of a planet operates.—v.t. to surround: to form into an orb.—adjs. Or′bate; Orbed in the form of an orb; circular; Orbic′ular having the form of an orb or sphere: spherical: round.—n. Orbiculā′ris a muscle surrounding an opening.—adv. Orbic′ularly.—n. Orbic′ularness.—adjs. Orbic′ulate -d made in the form of an orb.—n. Orbiculā′tion.—adj. Or′by orbed.
adj. (obs.) bereft esp. of children.
Checker: Quincy
Examples
- Looking into the orb of light, he sees nothing, but he is warmed and elevated. Plato. The Republic.
- What is the scene, confined or expansive, which her orb does not hallow? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Seen near, it was a chaos--hollowhalf-consumed: an orb perished or perishing--half lava, half glow. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mr. Winkle looked up at the declining orb and painfully thought of the probability of his 'going down' himself, before long. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He writes: I began (1666) to think of gravity extending to the orb of the moon, . Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The fashionable world--tremendous orb, nearly five miles round--is in full swing, and the solar system works respectfully at its appointed distances. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Becky added, gazing at that orb with a smile. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Several changes of day and night passed, and the orb of night had greatly lessened when I began to distinguish my sensations from each other. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- When the great orb of day disappears beneath the horizon the effect is precisely as that of the extinguishing of a single lamp within a chamber. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- But soon the dim orb passed from over the sun, and lingered down the eastern heaven. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I suppose, Lucy Snowe, the orb of your life is not to be so rounded: for you, the crescent-phase must suffice. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- At our right the sun was setting, a huge red orb, below the western range of Otz. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The bright orb slowly rose from behind its cupolas and towers, and shed its penetrating light upon the glassy waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His orbs gleamed with a deadly light, but his lips moved not. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Some new danger, he thought, but he dared not take his eyes from the yellow green orbs before him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Nor could I be mistaken in the swift gleam of triumph that brightened those dark orbs for an instant. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The offender had barely time to take Mrs. Leo Hunter's proffered hand, when his eyes encountered the indignant orbs of Mr. Pickwick. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I like all the novelties, said the ancestress, lifting the stone to her small bright orbs, which no glasses had ever disfigured. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
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