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{ "derived": [ { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "golden silk orb-weaver" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "orb spider" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "red-legged golden orb-weaver spider" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sea orb" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0", "word": "semi-orb" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "orbe" }, "expansion": "Middle English orbe", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "fro", "3": "orbe" }, "expansion": "Old French orbe", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "la", "3": "orbis", "4": "", "5": "circle, orb" }, "expansion": "Latin orbis (“circle, orb”)", "name": "der" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "orbit" }, "expansion": "orbit", "name": "m" } ], "etymology_text": "From Middle English orbe, from Old French orbe, from Latin orbis (“circle, orb”). Compare orbit.", "forms": [ { "form": "orbs", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "orb (plural orbs)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "14 9 3 1 13 1 4 3 19 16 11 2 1 1 1 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 3 2 16 2 3 6 17 14 11 2 1 1 1 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Monarchy", "orig": "en:Monarchy", "parents": [ "Forms of government", "High society", "Government", "Society", "Politics", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "glosses": [ "A spherical body; a sphere, especially one of the celestial spheres; a sun, planet, or star" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-KKj~JiRQ", "links": [ [ "sphere", "sphere" ] ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "ball" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "globe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "sphere" } ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "sfera", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сфера" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "kǎlbo", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "кълбо" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "球體" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "qiútǐ", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "球体" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "tiāntǐ", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "天体" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "koule" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "nebeské těleso (kulovité)" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "kugle" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bol" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "sfero" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "pallo" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "orbe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "Kugel" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Gestirn" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "sfaíra", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "σφαίρα" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kadúr", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "כַּדּוּר" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "gulla", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "גֻּלָּה" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "orbe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "alt": "きゅうたい", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "kyūtai", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "球体" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "ko", "lang": "Korean", "roman": "cheonche", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "천체" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "orbis" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "sféra", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сфе́ра" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "kúgla", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ку́гла" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "tópka", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "то́пка" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "orbe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "sféra", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сфе́ра" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "šar", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "шар" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "orbe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "spherical body", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "klot" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "txb", "lang": "Tocharian B", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "yerpe" }, { "_dis1": "53 6 3 6 0 8 6 4 4 3 4 3", "code": "vo", "lang": "Volapük", "sense": "spherical body", "word": "levalaglöp" } ] }, { "glosses": [ "Celestial sphere; one of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be enclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-9j~cMzPB", "links": [ [ "Celestial sphere", "celestial sphere" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "12 23 6 15 5 1 2 7 12 11 4 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "mythology: transparent sphere carrying the heavenly bodies", "word": "sfääri" }, { "_dis1": "12 23 6 15 5 1 2 7 12 11 4 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "mythology: transparent sphere carrying the heavenly bodies", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sphère" }, { "_dis1": "12 23 6 15 5 1 2 7 12 11 4 2", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "sféra", "sense": "mythology: transparent sphere carrying the heavenly bodies", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "сфе́ра" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Architectural elements", "orig": "en:Architectural elements", "parents": [ "Architecture", "Applied sciences", "Art", "Sciences", "Culture", "All topics", "Society", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-yVsIkKGH", "links": [ [ "architecture", "architecture" ], [ "motif", "motif" ], [ "finial", "finial" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(architecture) A structural motif or finial in the shape of a sphere" ], "topics": [ "architecture" ] }, { "glosses": [ "An orbit of an heavenly body" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-JzRn15pi", "links": [ [ "orbit", "orbit" ] ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "14 9 3 1 13 1 4 3 19 16 11 2 1 1 1 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "11 8 3 2 16 2 3 6 17 14 11 2 1 1 1 1", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Monarchy", "orig": "en:Monarchy", "parents": [ "Forms of government", "High society", "Government", "Society", "Politics", "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book V", "text": "Know none before us, self-begot, self-rais'd / By our own quick'ning power, when fatal course / Had circl'd his full Orbe, the birth mature / Of this our native Heav'n, Ethereal Sons.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "The time period of an orbit" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-~VUtN2jL", "raw_glosses": [ "(rare) The time period of an orbit" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "10 6 1 1 42 1 3 1 15 11 7 1", "sense": "a period of time", "word": "year" } ], "tags": [ "rare" ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-KoiZEyXa", "links": [ [ "poetic", "poetic" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(poetic) The eye, seen as a luminous and spherical entity" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "26 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0", "sense": "an eye", "word": "eye" } ], "tags": [ "poetic" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "oko" }, { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "word": "oogappel" }, { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "œil" }, { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "word": "occhio" }, { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "word": "globo" }, { "_dis1": "18 8 4 3 0 47 0 5 6 4 0 4", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "óko", "sense": "poetic: the eye, as luminous and spherical", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "о́ко" } ] }, { "categories": [], "glosses": [ "Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel" ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-qhbtjEgv", "links": [ [ "poetic", "poetic" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(poetic) Any revolving circular body, such as a wheel" ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "10 4 2 9 1 1 57 1 4 2 8 2", "sense": "revolving circular body", "word": "roller" }, { "_dis1": "10 4 2 9 1 1 57 1 4 2 8 2", "sense": "revolving circular body", "word": "wheel" } ], "tags": [ "poetic" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "9 4 2 9 1 1 59 1 4 2 8 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel", "word": "pyörä" }, { "_dis1": "9 4 2 9 1 1 59 1 4 2 8 2", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sphère" }, { "_dis1": "9 4 2 9 1 1 59 1 4 2 8 2", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "poetic: a revolving circular body; a wheel", "word": "sfera" } ] }, { "categories": [], "examples": [ { "ref": "1815, William Wordsworth, Essay, Supplementary to the Preface", "text": "By what fatality the orb of my genius […] acts upon these men like the moon upon a certain description of patients, it would be irksome to inquire", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "A sphere of action." ], "id": "en-orb-en-noun-GOH7nunr", "raw_glosses": [ "(rare) A sphere of action." ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "12 13 8 2 1 1 0 40 11 9 2 2", "sense": "sphere of action", "word": "area" }, { "_dis1": "12 13 8 2 1 1 0 40 11 9 2 2", "sense": "sphere of action", "word": "domain" }, { "_dis1": "12 13 8 2 1 1 0 40 11 9 2 2", "sense": "sphere of action", "word": "field" }, { "_dis1": "12 13 8 2 1 1 0 40 11 9 2 2", "sense": "sphere of action", "word": "province" } ], "tags": [ "rare" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "11 13 8 2 1 1 0 40 11 9 1 2", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "sphere of action", "tags": [ "plural" ], "word": "ympyrät" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "14 9 3 1 13 1 4 3 19 16 11 2 1 1 1 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 11 4 2 12 1 3 4 27 11 8 3 1 1 1 1", "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with topic 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