orb

orb

O0107500 (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.

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[Middle English orbe, orbit, from Old French, from Latin orbis, circle, disk, orbit; see orbh- in Indo-European roots.]

orb

(ɔːb) n1. (Heraldry) (in royal regalia) an ornamental sphere surmounted by a cross, representing the power of a sovereign2. a sphere; globe3. poetic another word for eye¹4. (Astronomy) obsolete or poetic a. a celestial body, esp the earth or sunb. the orbit of a celestial body5. an archaic word for circlevb6. to make or become circular or spherical7. (tr) an archaic word for encircle[C16: from Latin orbis circle, disc]

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. a. a circle or something circular. b. the earth. v.t. 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.

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.

orb

Past participle: orbed
Gerund: orbing

Imperative
orb
orb

Present
I orb
you orb
he/she/it orbs
we orb
you orb
they orb

Preterite
I orbed
you orbed
he/she/it orbed
we orbed
you orbed
they orbed

Present Continuous
I am orbing
you are orbing
he/she/it is orbing
we are orbing
you are orbing
they are orbing

Present Perfect
I have orbed
you have orbed
he/she/it has orbed
we have orbed
you have orbed
they have orbed

Past Continuous
I was orbing
you were orbing
he/she/it was orbing
we were orbing
you were orbing
they were orbing

Past Perfect
I had orbed
you had orbed
he/she/it had orbed
we had orbed
you had orbed
they had orbed

Future
I will orb
you will orb
he/she/it will orb
we will orb
you will orb
they will orb

Future Perfect
I will have orbed
you will have orbed
he/she/it will have orbed
we will have orbed
you will have orbed
they will have orbed

Future Continuous
I will be orbing
you will be orbing
he/she/it will be orbing
we will be orbing
you will be orbing
they will be orbing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been orbing
you have been orbing
he/she/it has been orbing
we have been orbing
you have been orbing
they have been orbing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been orbing
you will have been orbing
he/she/it will have been orbing
we will have been orbing
you will have been orbing
they will have been orbing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been orbing
you had been orbing
he/she/it had been orbing
we had been orbing
you had been orbing
they had been orbing

Conditional
I would orb
you would orb
he/she/it would orb
we would orb
you would orb
they would orb

Past Conditional
I would have orbed
you would have orbed
he/she/it would have orbed
we would have orbed
you would have orbed
they would have orbed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	orb - the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eyeeyeballeye, oculus, optic - the organ of sightcapsule - a structure that encloses a body part
	2.	orb - an object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire"globe, ballcrystal ball - a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellerscamphor ball, mothball - a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothingtime-ball - a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatoryfireball - the luminous center of a nuclear explosionfireball - a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)globule - a small globe or ballsphere - a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)spherule - a small spherepellet - a small spherebolus - 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"orbit, revolveretrograde - move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodiescircle, circulate - move in circles

orb

noun sphere, ball, circle, globe, round The moon's orb shone high in the sky.

orb

noun1. An organ of vision:eye.2. Archaic. A closed plane curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point or something shaped like this:band, circle, circuit, disk, gyre, ring, wheel.

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