sorb
1. sorb \'so.(*)rb\ n [F sorbe fruit of the service tree, fr. L sorbum] 1:
any of several Old World trees related to the apples and pears (as a ser
vice or rowan tree) 2: the fruit of a sorb
2. sorb vt [back-formation fr. absorb & adsorb] : to take up and hold by
either adsorption or absorption Sorb \'so.(*)rb\ \'so.r-be--*n\ n [G Sorbe,
fr. Sorbian Serb] 1: a member of a Slavic people whose present
representatives are the Wends living in Saxony and Brandenberg 2: WENDISH
- Sor.bi.an ajor ;n