Word.ws English Dictionary

orbing

orbing is the present participle and gerund of orb.

Meaning of orb

Verb

orb (third-person singular simple present orbs, present participle orbing, simple past and past participle orbed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To form into an orb or circle.
    • Let each
      His adamantine coat gird well, and each
      Fit well his helm, gripe fast his orbed shield1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
  2. (intransitive, poetic) To become round like an orb.
  3. (poetic, transitive) To encircle; to surround; to enclose.
    • The wheels were orbed with gold.1717, Joseph Addison, Metamorphoses

See all 16 meanings of orb

Questions about orbing

What is orbing the present participle and gerund of?
Orbing is the present participle and gerund of orb.

Words near orbing in the dictionary

  1. Orbilian
  2. Orbilius
  3. Orbiliuses
  4. orbilla
  5. orbillae
  6. orbing
  7. orbiniid
  8. orbiniids
  9. Orbison
  10. Orbison illusion
  11. Orbisonian

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: orbing (page history and authors); orb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “orbing.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/orbing. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.