<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.</li><li>a thing or a number of things selected.</li><li>an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.; a group from which a choice may be made: The store had a wide selection of bracelets.</li><li>an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet.</li><li>manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes.</li><li>any of the individual characters making up a font of type.</li><li>characters of a particular font that are rarely used.</li><li>an instance of sorting.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify: to sort socks; to sort eggs by grade.</li><li>to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out): to sort out the children's socks.</li><li>to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.): to sort people together indiscriminately.</li><li>to provide with food and shelter.</li><li>to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record.</li><li>to suit; agree; fit (archaic).</li><li>to associate, mingle, or be friendly (British dialect).</li><li>to evolve; develop; turn out: We'll just have to wait and see how things sort out.</li><li>to put in order; clarify: After I sort things out here, I'll be able to concentrate on your problem.</li></ul>