Word Meaning

single definition and meaning

a. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
a. Alone; having no companion.
a. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
a. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others; as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
a. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single combat.
a. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
a. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
a. Simple; not wise; weak; silly.
v. t. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a number; to choose out from others; to separate.
v. t. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire.
v. t. To take alone, or one by one.
v. i. To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a horse. See Single-foot.
n. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
n. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling to give them firmness.
n. A handful of gleaned grain.
n. A game with but one player on each side; -- usually in the plural.
n. A hit by a batter which enables him to reach first base only.

Crossword clues for single

- Chant on the French record
- Footloose and fancy-free? It must be a record!
- Human being
- One run in cricket
- One-person (room)
- Scorch
- Sing the French pop release
- Solitary
- Surprisingly Glen is unattached
- Unattached
- Unmarried
- Unwed
- Without equal