Definition of "orb"
- noun
A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
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.
A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton.
The eye, as luminous and spherical.
A revolving circular body; a wheel.
A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth.
A globus cruciger.
A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography.
- verb
To form into an orb or circle.
(transitive) to encircle; to surround; to inclose.
(intransitive) to become round like an orb.
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