noun

1. the bony cavity containing the eye; eye socket

2. Etymology: L orbita

   1. the actual or imaginary path taken by a celestial body during its periodic revolution around another body
   2. the path taken by an artificial satellite or spacecraft around a celestial body
3. the range of one's experience or activity; ordinary course of life
4. Zool. the skin around the eye of a bird

Etymology: MFr orbite < ML orbita < L, path, track < orbis, a circle, wheel

intransitive verb

transitive verb

1. to put (a satellite or spacecraft) into an orbit in space
2. to move in an orbit around