Associations to the word «Orb»

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

ORB, noun. 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

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

ORB, noun. (rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.

ORB, noun. (poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical

ORB, noun. (poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel

ORB, noun. (rare) A sphere of action.

ORB, noun. A globus cruciger

ORB, noun. A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography

ORB, noun. (military) A body of soldiers drawn up in a circle, as for defence, especially infantry to repel cavalry.

ORB, verb. (poetic) to form into an orb or circle

ORB, verb. (poetic) (transitive) to encircle; to surround; to enclose

ORB, verb. (poetic) (intransitive) to become round like an orb

ORB, noun. (architecture) A blank window or panel.

ORB, noun. The ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye.

ORB, noun. An object with a spherical shape; "a ball of fire".

ORB, verb. Move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus".