Sorted

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sort \Sort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Sorting}.]
     1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions,
        as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths
        according to their colors; to sort wool or thread
        according to its fineness.


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              Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted
              and sorted from one another.          --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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     2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker.
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     3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
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              Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients,
              compared and sorted with insects.     --Bacon.
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              She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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              That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman.
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              I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak.
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     5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
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              I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sorted
       adj 1: arranged according to size
       2: arranged into groups [syn: {grouped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorted":
     aligned, arranged, arrayed, assorted, cataloged, categorized,
     classified, composed, constituted, disposed, filed, fixed, graded,
     grouped, harmonized, hierarchic, indexed, marshaled, methodized,
     normalized, on file, ordered, orderly, organized, pigeonholed,
     placed, pyramidal, ranged, ranked, rated, regularized, regulated,
     routinized, standardized, stratified, synchronized, systematized,
     tabular