sort in WordNet English dictionary

1. arrange or order by classes or categories
   "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
   classify  class  sort  assort  sort out  separate 
   
2. examine in order to test suitability
   "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
   screen  screen out  sieve  sort 
   

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