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English Dictionary: Single by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
single
adj
  1. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"
    Synonym(s): individual, single
    Antonym(s): common
  2. 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"
    Antonym(s): double
  3. 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"
    Antonym(s): multiple
  4. 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?"
    Synonym(s): unmarried, single
    Antonym(s): married
  5. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed"
    Synonym(s): individual, single(a)
  6. having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
  7. 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"
    Synonym(s): single(a), undivided, exclusive
n
  1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
    Synonym(s): single, bingle
  2. the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one"
    Synonym(s): one, 1, I, ace, single, unity
v
  1. hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Single \Sin"gle\, n.
      1. A unit; one; as, to score a single.
  
      2. pl. The reeled filaments of silk, twisted without doubling
            to give them firmness.
  
      3. A handful of gleaned grain. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
  
      4. (Law Tennis) A game with but one player on each side; --
            usually in the plural.
  
      5. (Baseball) A hit by a batter which enables him to reach
            first base only.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Single \Sin"gle\, a. [L. singulus, a dim. from the root in
      simplex simple; cf. OE. & OF. sengle, fr. L. singulus. See
      {Simple}, and cf. {Singular}.]
      1. One only, as distinguished from more than one; consisting
            of one alone; individual; separate; as, a single star.
  
                     No single man is born with a right of controlling
                     the opinions of all the rest.            --Pope.
  
      2. Alone; having no companion.
  
                     Who single hast maintained, Against revolted
                     multitudes, the cause Of truth.         --Milton.
  
      3. Hence, unmarried; as, a single man or woman.
  
                     Grows, lives, and dies in single blessedness.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
                     Single chose to live, and shunned to wed. --Dryden.
  
      4. Not doubled, twisted together, or combined with others;
            as, a single thread; a single strand of a rope.
  
      5. Performed by one person, or one on each side; as, a single
            combat.
  
                     These shifts refuted, answer thy appellant, . . .
                     Who now defles thee thrice ti single fight.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      6. Uncompounded; pure; unmixed.
  
                     Simple ideas are opposed to complex, and single to
                     compound.                                          --I. Watts.
  
      7. Not deceitful or artful; honest; sincere.
  
                     I speak it with a single heart.         --Shak.
  
      8. Simple; not wise; weak; silly. [Obs.]
  
                     He utters such single matter in so infantly a voice.
                                                                              --Beau. & Fl.
  
      {Single ale}, {beer}, [or] {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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Single \Sin"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Singled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Singling}.]
      1. To select, as an individual person or thing, from among a
            number; to choose out from others; to separate.
  
                     Dogs who hereby can single out their master in the
                     dark.                                                --Bacon.
  
                     His blood! she faintly screamed her mind Still
                     singling one from all mankind.            --More.
  
      2. To sequester; to withdraw; to retire. [Obs.]
  
                     An agent singling itself from consorts. --Hooker.
  
      3. To take alone, or one by one.
  
                     Men . . . commendable when they are singled.
                                                                              --Hooker.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Single \Sin"gle\, v. i.
      To take the irrregular gait called single-foot;- said of a
      horse. See {Single-foot}.
  
               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.
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