divination, or the seeking of guidance, by chance selection of a passage in the Bible or another text regarded as authoritative.

A general type. / Manner; form of being or acting. / (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank. / (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way (bad, good, strange, etc.). / (dated) Group, company.

(transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.

(idiomatic) Resembling; similar to; in a way; partially or not entirely.

(idiomatic, colloquial) Approximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.

Alternative spelling of sort of

(geology) A form of graded bedding that occurs at the bottom of a body of water. The principle says that smaller colloids (particles) settle farther in the strata while larger particles settle closer to the source of water.

present participle of sort out

(archaeology) A table on which finds are sorted by date, origin etc.

plural of sorting table