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orbit
verb
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
.
The
International
Space
Station
orbits
Earth
roughly
every
ninety
minutes
.
•
Thousands
of
tiny
particles
orbit
Saturn
,
creating
its
famous
rings
.
Thousands
of
tiny
particles
orbit
Saturn
,
creating
its
famous
rings
.
Back-formation
from
the
noun
orbit
.
verb
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
.
The
agency
plans
to
orbit
a
new
weather
satellite
next
year
.
•
Engineers
successfully
orbited
the
probe
after
two
engine
burns
.
Engineers
successfully
orbited
the
probe
after
two
engine
burns
.
Extension
of
the
intransitive
verb
sense
.
