to move around a planet, star, or other object in space in a curved path
The International Space Station orbits Earth roughly every ninety minutes.
Thousands of tiny particles orbit Saturn, creating its famous rings.
✦ Back-formation from the noun orbit.
to send a spacecraft or satellite so that it travels around a planet or other body in space
The agency plans to orbit a new weather satellite next year.
Engineers successfully orbited the probe after two engine burns.
✦ Extension of the intransitive verb sense.
