Noun

• S: (n) kind, sort, form, variety (a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality) "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"
• S: (n) sort (an approximate definition or example) "she wore a sort of magenta dress"; "she served a creamy sort of dessert thing"
• S: (n) sort (a person of a particular character or nature) "what sort of person is he?"; "he's a good sort"
• S: (n) sort, sorting (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion) "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"

Verb

• S: (v) screen, screen out, sieve, sort (examine in order to test suitability) "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
• S: (v) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate (arrange or order by classes or categories) "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"