Scrabble?! SORT

Definitions of SORT in various dictionaries:

noun - a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

noun - an approximate definition or example

noun - a person of a particular character or nature

noun - an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

verb - examine in order to test suitability

verb - arrange or order by classes or categories

A group of persons or things of the same general character; a kind.

One that typifies a group or exemplifies a characteristic: The clerk is a decent sort.

One of the characters in a font of type.

To arrange according to class, kind, or size; classify.

To separate from others: sort out the wheat from the chaff.

To clarify by going over mentally: She tried to sort out her problems.

Of a mediocre or inferior kind: a constitutional government of a sort.

Of one kind or another: knew many folktales of sorts.

Slightly ill.

Somewhat; rather: “Gambling and prostitution... have been prohibited, but only sort of” (George F.

adv - to arrange according to kind, class, or size [v -ED, -ING, -S] : SORTABLE [ adj ], SORTABLY