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Noun: sort  sort
  1. A category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
    - kind, form, variety
     
  2. An approximate definition or example
    "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
     
  3. A person of a particular character or nature
    "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
     
  4. An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion
    - sorting
Verb: sort  sort
  1. Examine in order to test suitability
    "sort these samples";
    - screen, screen out, sieve
     
  2. Arrange or order by classes or categories
    "How would you sort these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?";
    - classify, class, assort, sort out, separate

Sounds like: sorrels, sa, sort

Derived forms: sorts, sorting, sorted

Type of: categorise [Brit], categorize, category, choose, individual, mortal, operation, person, pick out, select, similarity, somebody, someone, soul, take

Encyclopedia: Sort, Lleida