Definitions
1.nounA general type.
2.nounManner; form of being or acting.
3.nounCondition above the vulgar; rank.
4.nounA person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.).
5.nounGroup, company.
6.nounA good-looking woman.
7.nounAn act of sorting."I had a sort of my cupboard."
8.nounAn algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence."Popular algorithms for sorts include quicksort and heapsort."
9.nounA piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
10.nounA type.
11.nounChance; lot; destiny.
12.nounA full set of anything, such as a pair of shoes, or a suit of clothes.
13.verbTo separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts."Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language."
14.verbTo arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically."Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch."
15.verbTo conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
16.verbTo conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
17.verbTo choose from a number; to select; to cull.
18.verbTo join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
19.verbTo suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
20.verbTo fix (a problem) or handle (a task).
21.verbTo attack physically."If he comes nosing around here again I'll sort him!"