ORB DEFINITIONS - 17 definitions found
orb n 1: the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye [syn: eyeball, orb] 2: an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire" [syn: ball, globe, orb] v 1: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus" [syn: orb, orbit, revolve] orb - furad orb rob bor bro Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) orb I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French orbe, from Latin orbis circle, disk, orb Date: 15th century 1. any of the concentric spheres in old astronomy surrounding the earth and carrying the celestial bodies in their revolutions 2. archaic something circular ; circle, orbit 3. a spherical body; especially a spherical celestial object 4. eye 5. a sphere surmounted by a cross symbolizing kingly power and justice II. verb Date: 1600 transitive verb 1. to form into a disk or circle 2. archaic encircle, surround, enclose intransitive verb archaic to move in an orbit Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary orb (orbs) 1. An orb is something that is shaped like a ball, for example the sun or moon. (LITERARY) The moon's round orb would shine high in the sky, casting its velvety light on everything. = sphere N-COUNT 2. An orb is a small, ornamental ball with a cross on top that is carried by some kings or queens at important ceremonies. N-COUNT English Explanatory Dictionary orb ɔ:b n. & v. --n. 1 a globe surmounted by a cross esp. carried by a sovereign at a coronation. 2 a sphere; a globe. 3 poet. a heavenly body. 4 poet. an eyeball; an eye. --v. 1 tr. enclose in (an orb); encircle. 2 intr. form or gather into an orb. [L orbis ring] Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) ORB Object Request Broker (OMA, OMG, CORBA, ORB) Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Orb \Orb\, n. [OF. orb blind, fr. L. orbus destitute.] (Arch.) A blank window or panel. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Orb \Orb\, n. [F. orbe, fr. L. orbis circle, orb. Cf. Orbit.] 1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star. In the small orb of one particular tear. --Shak. Whether the prime orb, Incredible how swift, had thither rolled. --Milton. 2. 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. A circle; esp., a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit. The schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign eccentrics, and epicycles, and such engines of orbs. --Bacon. You seem to me as Dian in her orb. --Shak. In orbs Of circuit inexpressible they stood, Orb within orb. --Milton. 4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. [R.] --Milton. 5. The eye, as luminous and spherical. [Poetic] A drop serene hath quenched their orbs. --Milton. 6. A revolving circular body; a wheel. [Poetic] The orbs Of his fierce chariot rolled. --Milton. 7. A sphere of action. [R.] --Wordsworth. But in our orbs we'll live so round and safe. --Shak 8. Same as Mound, a ball or globe. See lst Mound. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Orb \Orb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Orbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Orbing.] 1. To form into an orb or circle. [Poetic] --Milton. Lowell. 2. To encircle; to surround; to inclose. [Poetic] The wheels were orbed with gold. --Addison. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Orb \Orb\, v. i. To become round like an orb. [Poetic] And orb into the perfect star. --Tennyson. ORB Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms orb n. 1. Globe, sphere, ball. 2. Circle, orbit, circuit, ring. 3. Wheel, disk, circle. 4. Revolution, period. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) orb ɔ:b n. sphere, ball, globe: The golden orb of the sun sank into the sea. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 133 Moby Thesaurus words for "orb": Aldebaran, Canicula, Dog Star, Hesper, Hesperus, Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor, Phosphorus, Polaris, Sirius, Venus, Vesper, ambit, area, arena, baby blues, bailiwick, ball, balloon, banjo eyes, beat, bladder, blob, boll, bolus, border, borderland, bright eyes, bubble, bulb, bulbil, bulblet, cap of dignity, cap of maintenance, celestial body, circle, circuit, clear eyes, comet, cornea, coronet, crown, daystar, demesne, department, diadem, discipline, domain, dominion, ellipsoid, ermine, evening star, eye, eyeball, eyelid, field, fixed stars, geoid, globe, globelet, globoid, globule, glomerulus, gob, gobbet, goggle eyes, great seal, heavenly body, hemisphere, iris, judicial circuit, jurisdiction, knob, knot, lamp, lens, lid, living sapphires, lodestar, march, morning star, naked eye, nictitating membrane, oblate spheroid, ocular, oculus, optic, optic nerve, orbit, orblet, organ of vision, pale, peeper, pellet, polar star, polestar, popeyes, precinct, privy seal, prolate spheroid, province, pupil, purple, purple pall, realm, regalia, retina, robe of state, rod, rod of empire, rondure, round, royal crown, saucer eyes, scepter, sclera, seal, signet, sphere, spheroid, spherule, starry host, starry orbs, stars, subdiscipline, tiara, triple plume, unaided eye, uraeus, visual organ, walk, winker |
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