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Sorb

 (sôrb)
n.
A member of a Slavic people inhabiting the region of Lusatia in eastern Germany and southwest Poland.
[German Sorbe, perhaps variant of Serbe, Serb, from Serbian Srb, Serb.]

sorb 1

 (sôrb)
tr.v. sorbed, sorb·ing, sorbs
To take up and hold, as by absorption or adsorption.
[Back-formation from absorb and adsorb.]
sorb′a·bil′i·ty n.
sorb′a·ble adj.
sorb′ent adj. & n.

sorb 2

 (sôrb)
n.
1. Any of several Eurasian trees of the genus Sorbus of the rose family, especially a service tree.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.
[French sorbe, sorb fruit, from Old French sourbe, from Vulgar Latin *sorba, from Latin sorbum.]
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sorb

(sɔːb)
n
1. (Plants) another name for service tree1
2. (Plants) any of various related trees, esp the mountain ash
3. (Plants) Also called: sorb apple the fruit of any of these trees
[C16: from Latin sorbus the sorb, service tree]
ˈsorbic adj

Sorb

(sɔːb)
n
(Peoples) a member of a Slavonic people living chiefly in the rural areas of E Germany between the upper reaches of the Oder and Elbe rivers (Lusatia). Also called: Wend or Lusatian
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sorb

(sɔrb)

v.t. Chem.
to gather on a surface either by absorption, adsorption, or a combination of the two processes.
[1905–10; extracted from absorb and adsorb]
sorb′a•ble, adj.

Sorb

(sɔrb)

n.
a member of a people who form a Slavic-speaking enclave in E Germany.
[1835–45; < German Sorbe « Sorbian serbje, serbjo]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.sorb - acid gritty-textured fruit
sorb apple
edible fruit - edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
service tree, sorb apple, sorb apple tree, Sorbus domestica - medium-sized European tree resembling the rowan but bearing edible fruit
Verb1.sorb - take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
take up
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
absorb - become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"
adsorb - accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
chemisorb - take up a substance by chemisorption
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Translations

sorb

[sɔːb] N (= tree) → serbal m; (= fruit) → serba f
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Sorb

n → Sorbe m, → Sorbin f
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Sorbs were originally an agricultural and gathering people in the settlements located near water (Kunze 1995).
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In the latter part of the first millennium AD, he says these lands--Trans-Elbia--were home to a conglomeration of pagan Slav tribes, called in various places, languages, and periods as Wends, Sorbs, and Kashubs.
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The third category examines ethnic minorities and includes papers on the Roma (Krista Hegburg), Czechs in Bosnia (Zdenek Uherek and Katerina Plochova) and the Sorbs (Leos Satava).
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We might detect possible political reasons for the focus on purely Slav areas; the Germans living in the Czech Lands were left out, for example, while the Lusatian Sorbs living in Germany were included.
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The "salted dogberries" served to divine guests by Philemon and Baucis were sorbs or serviceberries, and their "horseradish" was no such thing.
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The two volumes under review have appeared through the efforts of an organization of enthusiastic Polish scholars founded in Opole in 1999 to promote the languages, history, and culture of the Sorbs (often referred to in America as Wends).
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