orb

  1. Noun.  A spherical body; a globe; especially, one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star.
  2. 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.
  3. Noun.  A circle; especially, a circle, or nearly circular orbit, described by the revolution of a heavenly body; an orbit.
  4. Noun.  (rare) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body. --John Milton.
  5. Noun.  (poetic) The eye, as luminous and spherical.
  6. Noun.  (poetic) A revolving circular body; a wheel.
  7. Noun.  (rare) A sphere of action. --William Wordsworth.
  8. Noun.  A globus cruciger.
  9. Noun.  A translucent sphere appearing in flash photography.
  10. Verb.  (poetic) to form into an orb or circle.
  11. Verb.  (poetic) (transitive) to encircle; to surround; to inclose.
  12. Verb.  (poetic) (intransitive) to become round like an orb.

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