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sort

n. an approximate definition or example; "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"

sort

n. a person of a particular character or nature; "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"

sorting

n. an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting"

form, variety, kind, species

n. a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"

sort

v. arrange data in a specified order

screen, sieve, screen out

v. examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"

class, separate, sort out, classify, assort

v. arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"

class, socioeconomic class, social class

n. people having the same social or economic status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

version, variant

n. something a little different from others of the same type; "an experimental version of the night fighter"; "a variant of the same word"; "an emery wheel is the modern variation of a grindstone"; "the boy is a younger edition of his father"

strain, stock, variety, breed

n. a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

class

n. (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

race, subspecies

n. (biology) a taxonomic group that is a division of a species; usually arises as a consequence of geographical isolation within a species

pluck, pick, cull

v. look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers"

harvest, reap, glean

v. gather, as of natural products; "harvest the grapes"

strain, sieve, sift

v. separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

strain, filter, filtrate, separate out, filter out

v. remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"

order, coordinate, bring order to, organize, organise, co-ordinate

v. bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize my files?"

put, order, arrange, set up

v. arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"

place, order, range, rate, grade, rank

v. assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

codify

v. organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

measure, value, rate, appraise, evaluate, assess, place a valuation on, place a value on

v. place a value on; judge the worth of something; "I will have the family jewels appraised by a professional"

figure, estimate, forecast, reckon, calculate, count on

v. judge to be probable

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

label

v. distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

label

v. distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

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