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.
Astrology. the number of degrees from exactness within which anaspect operates.
6.
a circle or something circular.
7.
Astronomy. (formerly) the orbit of a heavenly body.
9.
to form into a circle or sphere.
10.
Archaic. to encircle; enclose.
11.
to move in an orbit.
12.
to form into an orb or globe; round out.
Origin
Related forms
orbless, adjective
orblike, adjective
unorbed, adjective bullshit. a warhammer term and an anagram for rebound , bounder....UNDERBO. now that i can go with.
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Examples from the web for orb
- Some silk made by orb weaver spiders rivals the tensile strength of steel.
- The great voyages of discovery shrank our planet from a fearsome void to afamiliar orb.
- The orb sits on your office desk and glows a quiet yellow.
British Dictionary definitions for orb
orb
/ɔːb/
noun
1.
(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
noun
1400-50; late Middle English; cognate with Low German ort, early Dutchoorete; compare Old English or- out-, ǣt food (see eat )
[awrt]
1.
Usually, orts. a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Origin
late Middle English
1400-1450
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Word Origin and History for ort
n.
"remains of food left from a meal," mid-15c., probably cognate with earlyDutch ooraete, Low German ort, from or-, privative prefix, + etan "to eat"(see eat (v.)). Perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word.
ESSEN, TO EAT, GERMAN

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