single
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
Verb (1)
- hit a single“the batter singled to left field”
Adjective (7)
- being or characteristic of a single thing or person“individual drops of rain”“please mark the individual pages”“they went their individual ways”Synonyms: individual
- used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of petals“single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have more than one row of petals”
- existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual“upon the hill stood a single tower”“had but a single thought which was to escape”“a single survivor”“a single serving”“a single lens”“a single thickness”
- not married or related to the unmarried state“unmarried men and women”“unmarried life”“sex and the single girl”“single parenthood”“are you married or single?”Synonyms: unmarried
- characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing“an individual serving”“single occupancy”“a single bed”Synonyms: individualsingle(a)
- having uniform application“a single legal code for all”Synonyms: single(a)
- not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object or objective“judging a contest with a single eye”“a single devotion to duty”“undivided affection”“gained their exclusive attention”Synonyms: single(a)undividedexclusive
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
1.One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star. [1913 Webster]
No single man is born with a right of controlling the opinions of all the rest.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
2.Alone; having no companion. [1913 Webster]
Who single hast maintained, Against revolted multitudes, the cause Of truth.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
3.Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman. [1913 Webster]
Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Single chose to live, and shunned to wed.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
4.Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope. [1913 Webster]
5.Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat. [1913 Webster]
These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . . Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
6.Uncompounded; pure; unmixed. [1913 Webster]
Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to compound.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]
7.Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere. [1913 Webster]
I speak it with a single heart.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
8.Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.— Beau. & Fl.[1913 Webster]
Single ale, Single beer, or Single drink, small ale, etc., as contrasted with double ale, etc., which is stronger. [Obs.] --Nares.
Single bill (Law), a written engagement, generally under seal, for the payment of money, without a penalty. --Burril.
Single court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for only two players.
Single-cut file. See the Note under 4th File.
Single entry. See under Bookkeeping.
Single file. See under 1st File.
Single flower (Bot.), a flower with but one set of petals, as a wild rose.
Single knot. See Illust. under Knot.
Single whip (Naut.), a single rope running through a fixed block. [1913 Webster]
1.A unit; one; as, to score a single. [1913 Webster]
2.pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness. [1913 Webster]
3.A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
4.(Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural. [1913 Webster]
5.(Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only. [1913 Webster]
1.To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate. [1913 Webster]
Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the dark.— Bacon.[1913 Webster]
His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still singling one from all mankind.— More.[1913 Webster]
2.To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
An agent singling itself from consorts.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
3.To take alone, or one by one. [1913 Webster]
Men . . . commendable when they are singled.— Hooker.[1913 Webster]
Many very fleet horses, when overdriven, adopt a disagreeable gait, which seems to be a cross between a pace and a trot, in which the two legs of one side are raised almost but not quite, simultaneously. Such horses are said to single, or to be single-footed. --W. S. Clark. [1913 Webster]