Orb

noun

  1. A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.

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  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.

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  3. A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.

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  4. A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton.

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  5. The eye, as luminous and spherical.

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  6. A revolving circular body; a wheel.

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  7. A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth.

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  8. A globus cruciger.

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  9. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography.

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verb

  1. To form into an orb or circle.

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  2. (transitive) to encircle; to surround; to inclose.

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  3. (intransitive) to become round like an orb.

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