sort
sawrt
- n a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
- n an approximate definition or example
she wore a sort of magenta dress
she served a creamy sort of dessert thing - n a person of a particular character or nature
what sort of person is he?
he's a good sort - n an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting - v examine in order to test suitability
- v arrange or order by classes or categories
- Through my military years, I sort of lost touch with the religion.
- He's in some sort've performance group, EXTREME performance group.
- He's a sort of a combination of man and child.