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11sort — [sôrt] n. [ME < MFr < VL * sorta < L sors (gen. sortis), lot, chance, fate, akin to serere, to join together, arrange: see SERIES] 1. any group of persons or things related by having something in common; kind; class 2. quality or type;… …
12Kind — Kind, n. [OE. kinde, cunde, AS. cynd. See {Kind}, a.] 1. Nature; natural instinct or disposition. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He knew by kind and by no other lore. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some of you, on pure instinct of nature, Are led by kind t… …
13sort\ of — • kind of • sort of adv. phr. informal Almost but not quite; rather. A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears. Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job. The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled. Mary wouldn t tell… …
14kind\ of — • kind of • sort of adv. phr. informal Almost but not quite; rather. A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears. Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job. The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled. Mary wouldn t tell… …
15kind — [adj] generous, good affectionate, all heart*, altruistic, amiable, amicable, beneficent, benevolent, benign, big, bleeding heart*, bounteous, charitable, clement, compassionate, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, eleemosynary, friendly …
16kind — [kīnd] n. [ME kynd < OE cynd, akin to Ger kind, child, ON kundr, son < IE * ĝṇti (> L natio, NATION) < base * ĝen : see GENUS] 1. Archaic a) origin b) nature c) manner; way …
17kind — n 1: a particular type, category, or class properties of like kind see also like kind exchange 2 a: an unconverted form a partition of property in kind; broadly: a form other than money forbid a bribe in cash or in kind …
18Sort — Sort, v. i. 1. To join or associate with others, esp. with others of the same kind or species; to agree. [1913 Webster] Nor do metals only sort and herd with metals in the earth, and minerals with minerals. Woodward. [1913 Webster] The… …
19kind — n *type, sort, stripe, kidney, ilk, description, nature, character kind adj Kind, kindly, benign, benignant mean having or exhibiting a nature that is gentle, considerate, and inclined to benevolent or beneficent actions and are comparable… …
20Sort — Sort, n. [F. sorl, L. sors, sortis. See {Sort} kind.] Chance; lot; destiny. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By aventure, or sort, or cas [chance]. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Let blockish Ajax draw The sort to fight with Hector. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
